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
"The Erie tribe once inhabited the regions around modern-day Cleveland before being displaced by European settlers."
a port city on Lake Erie in northwestern Pennsylvania
"The ferry docked at Erie, the historic port city located on the southwestern shore of Lake Erie in northwestern Pennsylvania."
A tribe of Native Americans.
"The Erie people established a powerful trading network along Lake Erie before being defeated by the Iroquois in the 17th century."
In plain English: An erie is an old-fashioned spelling of air, which means nothing to use today since everyone just writes it as air.
"The eerie silence in the empty house made everyone feel uneasy."
One of the Great Lakes of North America.
"Lake Erie is the fourth-largest of the five Great Lakes in North America by volume."
The name likely comes from an Erie word meaning "long tail," which was used to describe the eastern cougar. English adopted the term through French variations like Erieehronon and Riquéronon.