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Definition of “Erie”

Erie1 (ˈɪərɪ Pronunciation for Erie1

Definitions

noun

  1. Word forms:   plural Eries, Erie
    . a member of a North American Indian people formerly living south of Lake Erie
  2. the language of this people, possibly belonging to the Iroquoian family

Erie2 (ˈɪərɪ Pronunciation for Erie2

Definitions

noun

  1. See Lake Erie

  2. a port in NW Pennsylvania, on Lake Erie. Pop: 101 373 (2003 est)

Example Sentences Including 'Erie'

Born in Erie , Pennsylvania, Migliori received an alto saxophone for his 12th birthday and fell in love with jazz as a teen-ager.
Glasgow Herald (2001)
Erie 's residents will tell you that this is a quiet, unremarkable place.
Belfast Telegraph (2004)
I get glimpses of the enormous inland sea that is Lake Erie.
Edited by Robin Robertson MORTIFICATION: Writers' Stories of their Public Shame (2003)
Mr. Gent acknowledged that authorities had been aware of problems with the Lake Erie Loop for several years.
Globe and Mail (2003)
Niagara Falls almost ran dry when the level of the water in Lake Erie fell, say geologists in Colorado.
New Scientist (1999)
The accounts also included a $33.3 million charge related to the closure in February 2003 of Magellan's Fort Erie , Ontario, plant.
CBC (2004)

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