Erie

== English == === Etymology === From French Érié, from the shortening of an Erie word rendered in French as Erieehronon, Eriechronon, and Riquéronon and said to mean “long tail” or “long-tailed”, in reference to the eastern cougar (Puma concolor cougar). === Pronunciation === (General American) IPA(key): /ˈɪɹi/ (US, without the mirror–nearer merger) IPA(key): /ˈɪɚi/, /ˈiɹi/ (Received Pronunciation, Australia) IPA(key): /ˈɪəɹi/ (Scotland) IPA(key): /ˈiɹɪ/, /ˈi.ɹe/ (New Zealand) IPA(key): /ˈiəɹi/ Homophones: eerie, eyrie; airy (cheer–chair merger) Rhymes: -ɪəɹi === Noun === Erie pl (plural only) A tribe of Native Americans. === Proper noun === Erie A lake in Canada and the United States, one of the Great Lakes of North America Synonym: Lake Erie A number of places in the United States: A ghost town in present-day Hale County, Alabama. A town in Weld County and Boulder County, Colorado. A township and village in Whiteside County, Illinois. An unincorporated community in Shawswick Township, Lawrence County, Indiana. A township and unincorporated community therein, in Miami County, Indiana. Two townships, in Neosho County and Sedgwick County, Kansas. A small city, the county seat of Neosho County, Kansas, United States. A township in Monroe County, Michigan. A township in Becker County, Minnesota. An unincorporated community in McDonald County, Missouri. A township and census-designated place therein, in Cass County, North Dakota. A township in Ottawa County, Ohio. A city, the county seat of Erie County, Pennsylvania. Any of a number of other places in North America; see Erie (disambiguation) at Wikipedia. ==== Derived terms ==== Erie County Fort Erie Lake Erie ==== Translations ==== === Anagrams === Eire == Polish == === Etymology === Unadapted borrowing from English Erie. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈi.ri/ Rhymes: -iri Syllabification: E‧rie === Proper noun === Erie n (indeclinable) Erie (a lake in Canada and the United States, one of the Great Lakes of North America) jezioro Erie ― Lake Erie Tego lata Erie powitało nas burzą. ― This summer, Lake Erie welcomed us with a storm. === Further reading === Urzędowy Wykaz Polskich Nazw Geograficznych Świata [Official List of Polish Geographical Names of the World]‎[596] (in Polish), 2nd updated edition, Warszawa: Główny Urząd Geodezji i Kartografii, 2019, →ISBN “Erie”, in Polish dictionaries at PWN‎[1] (in Polish)