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Vinony

Erie

proper noun

  1. one of the great lakes
  2. place name
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Wiktionary

Pronunciation: /ˈɪɹi/ / /ˈɪɚi/ / /ˈiɹi/

name

Etymology: Etymology tree French Ériébor. English Erie 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).

  1. A lake in Canada and the United States, one of the Great Lakes of North America
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  15. Any of a number of other places in North America; see Erie (disambiguation) at Wikipedia.

noun

Etymology: Etymology tree French Ériébor. English Erie 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).

  1. A tribe of Native Americans.