1. The 4th largest of the Great Lakes; it is linked to the Hudson River by the New York State Barge Canal
   - Lake Erie
    
2. A port city on Lake Erie in northwestern Pennsylvania
    
3. 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

Derived forms: Eries

Type of: city, Iroquois, lake, metropolis, point of entry, port of entry, urban center [US], urban centre [Brit, Cdn]

Part of: Great Lakes, Keystone State, PA, Pa., Pennsylvania

Encyclopedia: Erie, Missouri