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[eerie,eery]/Erie

eerie or eery (îr'ē)

Adjective. ri·er, -ri·est.

    • Inspiring inexplicable fear, dread, or uneasiness; strange and frightening.
    • Suggestive of the supernatural; mysterious.

Erie (îr'ē)

Noun

    • A Native American people formerly inhabiting the southern shore of Lake Erie in northern Ohio, northwest Pennsylvania, and western New York. The Erie ceased to exist as a people after being defeated by the Iroquois in the mid-17th century.
    • The Iroquoian language of the Erie.

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