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Erie
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Érié erie -erie
English
<dab!>
region Q5492 en Location of the Erie
Etymology
en :bor fr:Érié +
From en fr Érié, from the shortening of an en iro-ere - word rendered in French as fr Erieehronon, fr Eriechronon and fr Riquéronon and said to mean long tail or long-tailed, in reference to the eastern cougar (Puma concolor cougar subspecies).
Pronunciation
en /ˈɪɹi/ GenAm
en En-us-eerie.ogg GA
en /ˈɪɚi/ /ˈiɹi/ US,non-mirror-nearer
en /ˈɪəɹi/ RP,AU
en LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-Erie.wav Southern England
en /ˈiɹɪ/ /ˈi.ɹe/ Scotland
en /ˈiəɹi/ NZ
en eerie eyrie ; airy<aa:cheer-chair>
en ɪəɹi 2
Noun
p
A tribe of Native Americans.
Proper noun
en Q5492 en lake c/Canada,USA one of the Great Lakes of North America
en Lake Erie
en number of places c/USA:
en ghost town in present-day co/Hale County s/Alabama.
en town co/Weld County and co/Boulder County s/Colorado.
en twp/and/village co/Whiteside County s/Illinois.
en ucomm twp:Suf/Shawswick co/Lawrence County s/Indiana.
en twp/and/ucomm therein, in co/Miami County s/Indiana.
en Two <<townships>>, in <<co/Neosho County>> and <<co/Sedgwick County>>, <<s/Kansas>>.
en small city/county seat co/Neosho County s/Kansas c/USA.
en twp co/Monroe County s/Michigan.
en twp co/Becker County s/Minnesota.
en ucomm co/McDonald County s/Missouri.
en twp/and/CDP therein, in co/Cass County s/North Dakota.
en twp co/Ottawa County s/Ohio.
en city/county seat co/Erie County s/Pennsylvania.TopoZone: Erie, Pennsylvania
Emmett Lindner;Tim Arango 2026-10-10 ‘It Was Horrific’: 8 Killed in Shooting in Erie, Pa. https://www.nytimes.com/2026/10/10/us/erie-shooting-pennsylvania-multiple-dead.html Eight people were killed and a shooter was found dead on Friday night in a residential area of Erie, Pa., according to city officials.
Any of a number of other places in North America; see Erie (disambiguation) at Wikipedia.
Derived terms
en Erie County
en Fort Erie
en Lake Erie
Translations
one of Great Lakes Lake Erie
Danish: da Lake Erie
French: fr Érié m, fr lac Érié m
Georgian: ka ერი
German: de Eriesee m
Japanese: ja エリー湖 Erīko
Polish: pl Erie n
References
Anagrams
en eeir Eire
en Native American tribes
Polish
pl:
region Q5492 Erie
Etymology
pl :ubor en:Erie + +
Pronunciation
iri Pl-Erie.ogg E.rie
Proper noun
n yes
pl Erie Q5492
pl jezioro Erie Lake Erie
pl Tego lata Erie powitało nas burzą. This summer, Lake Erie welcomed us with a storm.
Further reading
pl 2019 Urzędowy Wykaz Polskich Nazw Geograficznych Świata Official List of Polish Geographical Names of the World 978-83-254-2578-4 596 Główny Urząd Geodezji i Kartografii Warszawa 2nd updated