Associations to the word «Erie»

Wiktionary

ERIE, proper noun. A tribe of Native Americans.
ERIE, proper noun. One of the Great Lakes of North America.
ERIE, proper noun. A city in Pennsylvania.
ERIE, proper noun. Any of a number of other places in North America; see Erie (disambiguation) at Wikipedia.
ERIE CANAL, proper noun. The 363 mile-long canal from Lake Erie to the Hudson River.

Dictionary definition

ERIE, noun. A member of an Iroquoian people formerly living on the south shore of Lake Erie in northern Ohio and northwest Pennsylvania and western New York.
ERIE, noun. The 4th largest of the Great Lakes; it is linked to the Hudson River by the New York State Barge Canal.
ERIE, noun. A port city on Lake Erie in northwestern Pennsylvania.

Wise words

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