Erie

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noun

ˈir-ē 

1

plural Erie also Eries : a member of an Indigenous people living south of Lake Erie in the 17th century

2

: the extinct and probably Iroquoian language of the Erie people

-ery

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noun suffix

plural -eries

1

: qualities collectively : character : -ness

snobbery

2

: art : practice

quackery

trickery

3

: place of doing, keeping, producing, or selling (the thing specified)

fishery

bakery

eatery

4

: collection : aggregate

finery

greenery

5

: state or condition

slavery

Word History

Etymology

Noun

American French Erie, Erié, modification of Huron Eriehronon the Erie people

Noun suffix

Middle English -erie, from Anglo-French, from -ier -er + -ie -y

First Known Use

Noun

1763, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Rhymes for Erie

• beery
• bleary
• cheery
• cirri
• dearie
• deary
• dreary
• eerie
• kiri
• leary
• leery
• peery

Geographical Definition

Erie

geographical name

ˈir-ē 

city and port on Lake Erie in northwestern Pennsylvania population 101,786