Erie
Lake, a lake between the NE central United States and SE central Canada: the southernmost lake of the Great Lakes; site of the Battle of Lake Erie in 1813 in which Commodore Perry defeated the British. 239 miles (385 km) long; 9,940 sq. mi. (25,745 sq. km).
a port in NW Pennsylvania, on Lake Erie.
a member of a tribe of American Indians formerly living along the southern shore of Lake Erie.
Origin of Erie
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How to use Erie in a sentence
In this way the Eries were in turn surprised and defeated in their last game with their rivals.
Ocean to Ocean on Horseback | Willard GlazierAll is peaceful, until an Iroquois scouting party, passing near, shoots the chief of the Eries.
Ethel Morton at Chautauqua | Mabell S. C. SmithAfter the destruction of the Eries by the Iroquois in 1655, Ohio was left practically uninhabited for a hundred and fifty years.
Influences of Geographic Environment | Ellen Churchill SempleIn their own parlance, these Indians were the "Eries," and in the seventeenth century they numbered about two thousand warriors.
America, Volume II (of 6) | Joel CookThe Iroquois were warring against the Eries and wanted arms from the French.
Canada: the Empire of the North | Agnes C. Laut
British Dictionary definitions for Erie (1 of 2)
/ (ˈɪərɪ) /
plural Eries or Erie a member of a North American Indian people formerly living south of Lake Erie
the language of this people, possibly belonging to the Iroquoian family
British Dictionary definitions for Erie (2 of 2)
/ (ˈɪərɪ) /
Lake Erie a lake between the US and Canada: the southernmost and the shallowest of the Great Lakes; empties by the Niagara River into Lake Ontario. Area: 25 718 sq km (9930 sq miles)
a port in NW Pennsylvania, on Lake Erie. Pop: 101 373 (2003 est)
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