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n. one of the five Great Lakes in North America, located between Canada and the United States.

n. the fourth-largest of the five Great Lakes in North America and the southernmost of the group.

“We spent our summer holiday at a small cottage on the shore of Lake Erie.”

“Lake Erie is the shallowest of the Great Lakes, which makes it particularly susceptible to rapid changes in water temperature and surface conditions during storms.”

n. a city in the state of Pennsylvania in the United States.

n. a major industrial and port city located in northwestern Pennsylvania on the southern shore of Lake Erie.

“The ship sailed from the port of Erie toward the Atlantic Ocean.”

“Erie serves as a critical hub for maritime trade in the region, connecting the manufacturing centers of Pennsylvania to the wider Great Lakes waterway system.”

n. a group of Native Americans who lived near the lake before the 1650s.

n. an Iroquoian-speaking Native American people who inhabited the southern shores of Lake Erie until their dispersal in the mid-17th century.

“Historians study the culture and trade routes of the Erie people.”

“The Erie were a formidable confederacy whose influence once spanned much of the territory now known as the Ohio Valley and western New York.”

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