erie

noun ! Definition from WordNet 3.1, Princeton University. More about erie at Wordnik → Where our words come from →

1. 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.
2. The 4th largest of the Great Lakes; it is linked to the Hudson River by the New York State Barge Canal.
3. A port city on Lake Erie in northwestern Pennsylvania.