erie
erie — noun
1. an Indigenous North American people who lived along the southern shores of the G
an Indigenous North American people who lived along the southern shores of the Great Lake later named after them in the 1600s, speaking an Iroquoian language. The term can also refer to a single member of that people. The Erie were largely wiped out in a war against the Iroquois Confederacy around 1656.
Archaeologists found pottery fragments that they believe belonged to the Erie people.
the Erie people (collective noun for the group)
Christopher wrote a school report about the Erie and their conflicts with neighbouring Iroquois tribes.
The Erie once controlled a wide territory south of Lake Erie, stretching from modern-day Ohio into western New York.
Noor was surprised to learn that the Erie had no written records — all current knowledge comes from French missionary accounts.
Very few items from the Erie village sites have survived to the present day.
- Erie people
the full formal name for the group
- Erielhonan
the original Iroquoian autonym from which 'Erie' is derived
文法句型
the Erie (collective)
an Erie (member)
用法筆記
Often used with 'the' as a collective plural: the Erie. This sense is primarily historical; the Erie ceased to exist as a distinct people group after the Beaver Wars of the 1650s.
常見錯誤
2. the Erie people's ancestral language, which belonged to the Iroquoian language f
the Erie people's ancestral language, which belonged to the Iroquoian language family and is now extinct. Only a handful of words survive in records kept by early French colonists.
Only a few Erie words, including names for local animals, survive in French records from the 1600s.
the Erie language (language-name pattern)
Linguists classify Erie as an Iroquoian language, related to Cherokee and Mohawk, based on limited surviving word lists.
Because the Erie language is extinct, researchers study early French records for clues about its vocabulary and structure.
Mizuki wondered whether any Erie place names had been borrowed into the languages of neighbouring tribes.
Lake Erie's name may come from the Erie word erielhonan, meaning 'long tail' — a reference to the mountain lion.
- Erie language
the standard English name
文法句型
the Erie language
Erie as a modifier
用法筆記
No audio recordings of the Erie language exist. All modern knowledge comes from word lists and place-name evidence in writings by French missionaries and explorers from the 1600s.
常見錯誤
erie — idiom
1. a city and port located on the southern shore of Lake Erie, in the northwestern
a city and port located on the southern shore of Lake Erie, in the northwestern corner of the U.S. state of Pennsylvania. It is the state's only port on the Great Lakes.
The Watanabe family drove to Erie for a weekend trip along the lake shore.
place name: Erie as destination
Erie is known for its large port and the Presque Isle State Park beaches.
Felix found a job at a shipping company in Erie, a busy port of about 95,000 people, after graduating from college.
Winter in Erie brings heavy lake-effect snow that can shut down the entire city.
Erie was a key stop on the Underground Railroad before the Civil War.
文法句型
in Erie
from Erie