proper noun/e.ʁje/
Lake Erie (a lake, one of the Great Lakes, at the boundary of the United States and Canada); Erie (a city in Erie County, Pennsylvania, United States)
Synonyms: lac Érié
From a 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).