Erie
pronunciation
How to pronounce Erie in British English:
UK [ˈiəri]
How to pronounce Erie in American English:
US [ˈɪri]
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- 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
- the 4th largest of the Great Lakes; it is linked to the Hudson River by the New York State Barge Canal
- a port city on Lake Erie in northwestern Pennsylvania
Word Origin
- Erie
- one of the Great Lakes, named for a native Iroquoian people who lived nearby, from French Erie, shortening of Rhiienhonons, said to mean "raccoon nation," perhaps in reference to a totemic animal. Related: Erian.
Example
- 1. The lake erie has long been used as the platform for the sea-based missile defense program .
- 2. Major public projects , from the erie canal to the interstate highway system , used to be a well-understood component of our national greatness .
- 3. Though lake erie looks beautiful in this image , the green swirls in the water are evidence of the worst toxic algae bloom the lake has suffered in decades .
- 4. They drove north back home , where he would start chemotherapy at a cancer center in erie .
- 5. The plan to open an applied sciences university campus in new york city reckons seth pinsky who heads new york 's economic development corporation is an " erie canal moment " .