Eries

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E⋅rie

[eer-ee]

–noun, plural E⋅ries, (especially collectively

) E⋅rie for 3.

1.	Lake, a lake between the NE central United States and SE central Canada: the southernmost lake of the Great Lakes; Commodore Perry's defeat of the British in 1813. 239 mi. (385 km) long; 9940 sq. mi. (25,745 sq. km).

2.	a port in NW Pennsylvania, on Lake Erie. 119,123.

3.	a member of a tribe of American Indians formerly living along the southern shore of Lake Erie.

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E·rie¹ (îr'ē)

n. pl. Erie or E·ries

1. A Native American people formerly inhabiting the southern shore of Lake Erie in northern Ohio, northwest Pennsylvania, and western New York. The Erie ceased to exist as a people after being defeated by the Iroquois in the mid-17th century.
2. A member of this people.
The Iroquoian language of the Erie.

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