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ERIE

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

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; Pa.; Pennsylvania (a Mid-Atlantic state; one of the original 13 colonies)

Sense 2

Meaning:

The 4th largest of the Great Lakes; it is linked to the Hudson River by the New York State Barge Canal

Synonyms:

Erie; Lake Erie

Classified under:

Nouns denoting natural objects (not man-made)

Instance hypernyms:

lake (a body of (usually fresh) water surrounded by land)

Holonyms ("Erie" is a part of...):

Great Lakes (a group of five large, interconnected lakes in central North America)

Sense 3

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)

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