Unnumbered source etymology
Original entry ↗A lake in Canada and the United States, one of the Great Lakes of North America · A ghost town in present-day Hale County, Alabama. · A town in Weld County and Boulder County, Colorado. · A township and village in Whiteside County, Illinois.
A tribe of Native Americans.
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).
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- Borrowed-form mentionÉriéfr
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