ERIE
Dictionary entry overview: What does Erie mean?
• ERIE (noun)
The noun ERIE has 3 senses:
1. 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
2. the 4th largest of the Great Lakes; it is linked to the Hudson River by the New York State Barge Canal
3. a port city on Lake Erie in northwestern Pennsylvania
Familiarity information: ERIE used as a noun is uncommon.
Dictionary entry details
• ERIE (noun)
Meaning:
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
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Hypernyms ("Erie" is a kind of...):
Iroquois (any member of the warlike North American Indian peoples formerly living in New York state; the Iroquois League were allies of the British during the American Revolution)
Meaning:
The 4th largest of the Great Lakes; it is linked to the Hudson River by the New York State Barge Canal
Classified under:
Nouns denoting natural objects (not man-made)
Synonyms:
Lake Erie; Erie
Instance hypernyms:
lake (a body of (usually fresh) water surrounded by land)
Holonyms ("Erie" is a part of...):
Great Lakes (a group of 5 lakes in central North America)
Meaning:
A port city on Lake Erie in northwestern Pennsylvania
Classified under:
Nouns denoting spatial position
Instance hypernyms:
city; metropolis; urban center (a large and densely populated urban area; may include several independent administrative districts)
point of entry; port of entry (a port in the United States where customs officials are stationed to oversee the entry and exit of people and merchandise)
Holonyms ("Erie" is a part of...):
Keystone State; PA; Pennsylvania (a Mid-Atlantic state; one of the original 13 colonies)
