Erie
English
Etymology
From 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/
Audio (General American): (file)
- (US, without the mirror–nearer merger) IPA(key): /ˈɪɚi/, /ˈiɹi/
- (Received Pronunciation, General Australian) IPA(key): /ˈɪəɹi/
Audio (Southern England): (file)
- (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
- One of the Great Lakes of North America.
- A small city, the county seat of Neosho County, Kansas, United States.
- A city, the county seat of Erie County, Pennsylvania, United States.
- Any of a number of other places in North America; see Erie (disambiguation) at Wikipedia.
Derived terms
Translations
one of Great Lakes — see also Lake Erie