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A lake in Canada and the United States, one of the Great Lakes of North America
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Synonyms: Lake Erie
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A number of places in the United States:
A ghost town in present-day Hale County, Alabama.
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A number of places in the United States:
A town in Weld County and Boulder County, Colorado.
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A number of places in the United States:
A township and village in Whiteside County, Illinois.
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A number of places in the United States:
An unincorporated community in Shawswick Township, Lawrence County, Indiana.
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A number of places in the United States:
A township and unincorporated community therein, in Miami County, Indiana.
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A number of places in the United States:
Two townships, in Neosho County and Sedgwick County, Kansas.
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A number of places in the United States:
A small city, the county seat of Neosho County, Kansas, United States.
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A number of places in the United States:
A township in Monroe County, Michigan.
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A number of places in the United States:
A township in Becker County, Minnesota.
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A number of places in the United States:
An unincorporated community in McDonald County, Missouri.
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A number of places in the United States:
A township and census-designated place therein, in Cass County, North Dakota.
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A number of places in the United States:
A township in Ottawa County, Ohio.
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A number of places in the United States:
A city, the county seat of Erie County, Pennsylvania.
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Any of a number of other places in North America; see Erie (disambiguation) at Wikipedia.
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noun
A tribe of Native Americans.
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noun
a port city on Lake Erie in northwestern Pennsylvania
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: city, metropolis, urban center, port of entry, point of entry
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the 4th largest of the Great Lakes; it is linked to the Hudson River by the New York State Barge Canal
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: Lake Erie
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Broader terms: lake
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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
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Broader terms: Iroquois
History
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).
Across languages
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