Erie
['iəri]
Definition
(noun.) a port city on Lake Erie in northwestern Pennsylvania.
(noun.) 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.
Edited by Lizzie--From WordNet
Examples
- Mr. Gould was up-town in the Erie offices in the Grand Opera House. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- The Huron River, emptying into Lake Erie, was navigable within a few miles of the village, and provided an admirable outlet. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- By and by shipments were made on the new Erie Canal. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- The opening of the Erie Canal in 1825 gave the city command of internal commerce and since that date its progress has been rapid, almost beyond example. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- John Edison moved from Bayfield to Vienna, Ontario, on the northern bank of Lake Erie. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- The blue waves of Lake Erie danced, rippling and sparkling, in the sun-light. Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
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