Erie

Definitions: Erie

Erie

Noun

1. 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.

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

3. A port city on Lake Erie in northwestern Pennsylvania.

Date "Erie" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1840. (references)

The following table is compiled from various sources, across various languages. When English abbreviations or acronyms come from a non-English source, this is noted.
Entry	Source	Expression	Field
ERIE	English	Environmental Resistance Inherent in Equipment	N/A
Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

Synonym: Erie

Synonym: Lake Erie (n). (additional references)

Crosswords: Erie

English words defined with "Erie": buffalo ♦ Cleveland, Clinton, Commodore Perry ♦ DeWitt Clinton ♦ Erie Canal ♦ Gould ♦ Huron-Iroquous, Hurons ♦ Jay Gould ♦ Lake Erie ♦ Monroe ♦ Niagara, Niagara River ♦ Oliver Hazard Perry ♦ Perry ♦ Schenectady ♦ The Great Lakes, Toledo. (references)

Domain

Usage

Movie/TV Titles

Fangen fra Erie County (1918)

Niagara Gorge from Erie R.R. (1896)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Domain	Title
References	Erie Family Life Insurance Company: International Competitive Benchmarks and Financial Gap Analysis (reference) Erie Indemnity Company: International Competitive Benchmarks and Financial Gap Analysis (reference) (more reference examples)

Books	50 Hikes in Western Pennsylvania: Walks and Day Hikes from the Laurel Highlands to Lake Erie (50 Hikes Series) (reference) Eastern Great Lakes Lighthouses: Ontario, Erie, and Huron (Lighthouses) (reference) Erie Wrecks West (reference) Steelhead Guide : Fly Fishing Techniques and Strategies for Lake Erie Steelhead (second edition) (reference) (more book examples)

Periodicals	Erie Chronicle (reference) Erie County Connection (reference) Erie County Legal Journal (reference) Erie Times News - Mon-sun (reference) Fort Erie Native Friendship Center Newsletter (reference) (more periodical examples)

Theater & Movies	Cruising America's Waterways: The Erie Canal (Albany to Buffalo) (reference) (more DVD examples; more video examples)

High Tech	Erie Mining Co. Train Set (reference) (more camera examples; more video game examples; more computer examples; more electronic examples; more software examples)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Thumbnail	Description & Credit	Thumbnail	Description & Credit
	Kelley's pound-net near Carpenter's Point, Lake Erie For capture of whitefish, herring, &c. Drawing by H. W. Elliott.Credit: National Marine Fisheries Historical Image Collection.		Lifting the pot at Kelley's pound-net, Lake Erie Drawing by H. W. Elliott.Credit: National Marine Fisheries Historical Image Collection.
	A brand new Bureau of Commercial Fisheries Ship MILLER FREEMAN posing for the camera on Lake Erie prior to heading down the St. Lawrence River.Credit: Sailing for Science - the NOAA Fleet Then and Now.		Page from the ship's log book for 30 August 1816, while she flagship of the Mediterranean Squadron under Commodore Isaac Chauncey. At the time, she had just completed a visit to Naples, carrying the Honorable William Pinkney on a special mission to adjust the claims of American merchants against the Neapolitan authorities. Sketches on the lower half of the page show the squadron's order of sailing in line ahead and line abreast. Ships are USS Washington (ship of the line), USS United States (frigate), USS Java (frigate), USS Constellation (frigate), USS Ontario (sloop of war) and USS Erie (sloop of war).Credit: NAVY.
	Erie or the greased pole. A new and amusing game.Credit: Library of Congress.		Bank of Erie Block, Erie, Kansas.Credit: Library of Congress.
	Erie railroad station, New Milford, N.J.Credit: Library of Congress.		Anchor Line docks and Penna. R.R. [Pennsylvania Railroad] coal & ore docks, Erie, Pa.Credit: Library of Congress.
	Penna. Ry. [Pennsylvania Railroad], coal trestle, Erie, Pa.Credit: Library of Congress.		Employee at General Electric plant getting ready to work. Trailer camp at Erie, Pennsylvania.Credit: Library of Congress.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Subject	Topic	Quote
Business		Currently, forty-four U.S. suppliers manufacturing 430 crane models have been doing business in Korea since 1992 among them American, Grove, Bucyrus Erie, Koehring, Lima, Linkbelt, Lorain, Manitowoc and P&H are especially active in Korea. (references)
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

Speaker	Term	Phrase(s)
George Washington	1789-1797	From a desire also to remove the discontents of the Six nations, a settlement mediated at Presque Isle, on Lake Erie, has been suspended, and an agent is now endeavoring to rectify any misconception into which they may have fallen.
James Madison	1809-1817	A part of the squadron on Lake Erie has been extended into Lake Huron, and has produced the advantage of displaying our command on that lake also.
James Monroe	1817-1825	Through the whole country from the northern extremity of Lake Erie to the Mississippi, and from all the waters which empty into each, finds and easy and direct communication to the seat of Government, and thence to the Atlantic.
Bill Clinton	1993-2001	Lake Erie was dead, and now it's a thriving resource.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

"Erie" is generally used as a noun (proper) -- approximately 91.67% of the time. "Erie" is used about 12 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted)

Parts of Speech	Percent	Usage per 100 Million Words	Rank in English
Noun (proper)	91.67%	11	106,044
Noun (singular)	8.33%	1	339,140
Total	100.00%	12	N/A

The following table summarizes the usage of "Erie" based on a population census conducted in the United States. Ranks and frequencies are based on all names reported and classified.

Name	Usage/Gender	Usage per 100 million Persons	Rank in USA
Erie	Last name	170	47,528
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.

1. Erie, CO (town, FIPS 24950)
Location: 40.02886 N, 105.04603 W
Population (1990): 1258 (511 housing units)
Area: 9.5 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
Zip Code(s): 80516
Country: USA

2. Erie, IL (village, FIPS 24374)
Location: 41.65868 N, 90.08124 W
Population (1990): 1572 (650 housing units)
Area: 3.6 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
Zip Code(s): 61250
Country: USA

3. Erie, KS (city, FIPS 21500)
Location: 37.56849 N, 95.24367 W
Population (1990): 1276 (568 housing units)
Area: 2.2 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
Zip Code(s): 66733
Country: USA

4. Erie, MI
Zip Code(s): 48133
Country: USA

5. Erie, ND
Zip Code(s): 58029
Country: USA

6. Erie, PA (city, FIPS 24000)
Location: 42.12585 N, 80.08660 W
Population (1990): 108718 (45424 housing units)
Area: 56.9 sq km (land), 15.6 sq km (water)
Zip Code(s): 16501, 16502, 16503, 16504, 16506, 16507, 16508, 16509, 16511, 16565
Country: USA

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Expressions: Erie

Expressions using "Erie": Erie Canal ♦ Erie County ♦ lake Erie ♦ Lake Erie Beach ♦ Mount Erie. Additional references.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Frequency of Internet Keywords: Erie

The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com.

Expression	Frequency per Day	Expression	Frequency per Day
erie pennsylvania	3,245	lake erie weather	106
lake erie	942	lake erie island	103
erie insurance	734	boat dealer erie lake	101
erie	556	erie colorado	100
erie canal	470	fishing charter on lake erie	98
erie community college	231	county erie spca	97
fishing lake erie	211	erie zoo	91
erie county fair	192	boat brokerage erie lake used	90
erie times news	185	lake erie college	89
lake erie fishing report	182	fort erie canada	86
erie county	155	lake erie walleye	82
erie hotel	153	erie lake speedway	81
erie times	141	lake erie charter	79
walleye fishing on lake erie	139	fort erie race track	65
fort erie	133	hotel erie pa	62
erie seawolves	127	erie insurance company	60
boat erie lake used	118	county erie library	57
lake erie map	114	fort erie racetrack	53
erie insurance group	113	erie county ohio	52
boat erie lake new sales	111	erie county new york	51
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Modern Translations: Erie

Language		Translations for "Erie"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.
Chinese		伊利. (various references)

Pig Latin		erieay

Portuguese		Erié (Lake Erie, Lake Eyre). (various references)

Russian		озеро Эри (Lake Erie). (various references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Derivations & Misspellings: Erie

Derivations
	Words ending with "Erie": aerie, batterie, bijouterie, bizarrerie, boiserie, brasserie, brusquerie, camaraderie, causerie, charcuterie, chinoiserie, coterie, diablerie, eerie, espieglerie, faerie, flanerie, gaucherie, gendarmerie, grotesquerie, jacquerie, japonaiserie, lingerie, marqueterie, menagerie, niterie, orangerie, papeterie, passementerie, patisserie, peerie, reverie, rotisserie, wasterie, whigmaleerie. (additional references)
	Words containing "Erie": adulteries, aeried, aerier, aeries, aeriest, allosteries, amberies, antislaveries, aperient, aperients, aperies, archeries, arteries, artilleries, bakeries, baptisteries, batteries, beaneries, beerier, beeriest, bewitcheries, bibberies, bijouteries, binderies, bitcheries, bizarreries, bloomeries, bobberies, boiseries, bookbinderies, booteries, botcheries, boweries, brasseries, braveries, breweries, briberies, brogueries, broideries, brusqueries, buffooneries, buggeries, butcheries, butleries, butterier, butteries, butteriest, cajoleries, camaraderies, canneries, carpetbaggeries. (additional references)
Misspellings
	"Erie" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: Earee, Ebie, efrie, ehie, Eier, Eiiia, Eiiib, eire, Eiu, Erbie, Ergife, eria, Erice, eriee, erif, Erig, erii, erile, Erim, Erio, eripe, erive, Erkel, Erme, eroe, Erria, errie, Erte, Eryi, Erzen, Etio, Ezia, Ferie, Ie-iie, Irie. (additional references)
Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

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Anagrams: Erie

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams
	Words within the letters "e-e-i-r"
	-1 letter: ere, ire, ree, rei.
	-2 letters: er, re.
	Words containing the letters "e-e-i-r"
	+1 letter: aerie, eerie, eider, eyrie, reive, retie, siree.
	+2 letters: aeried, aerier, aeries, belier, bemire, berime, bireme, bribee, ceiler, cerise, cerite, dearie, defier, deicer, denier, deride, derive, desire, dewier, dieter, easier, edgier, eelier, eerier, eerily, eiders, either, elmier, emigre, empire, entire, envier, epimer, ermine, eviler, expire, eyries, faerie, feirie, feriae, ferine, ferlie, fierce, frieze, frisee, greige, grieve, heifer, heired, herein, inhere, levier, lieder, liefer, lierne, liever, metier, nereid, nereis, oreide, peerie, perdie, pereia, piecer, pierce, premie, recipe, recite, rediae, reedit, reemit, refile, refine, refire, regime, regive, rehire, reined, reived, reiver, reives, relied, relief, relier, relies, reline, relive, remise, repine, rerise, reside, resile, resite, resize, retied, reties, retile, retime, retine, retire, review, revile, revise, revive, rewire, ribeye, riever, seiner, seiser, seizer, serein, series, serine, sexier, sirees, sirree, soiree, tierce, tiered, triene, ureide, veiler, veiner, venire, verier, verite, viewer, weiner, wiener.
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