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E⋅rie
[eer-ee] 
–noun, plural E⋅ries, (especially collectively
) E⋅rie for 3.
) 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·rie 1 (îr'ē) n. pl. Erie or E·ries
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| E·rie 2 (îr'ē) A city of northwest Pennsylvania on Lake Erie southwest of Buffalo, New York. A port of entry, it was laid out in 1795 on the site of Fort Presque Isle, built by the French in 1753. Population: 102,000. |
| Erie, Lake One of the Great Lakes, bounded by southern Ontario, western New York, northwest Pennsylvania, northern Ohio, and southeast Michigan. A vital part of the Great Lakes-St. Lawrence Seaway system, it is linked with the Hudson River by the New York State Barge Canal. |
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