how to pronounce erie

/ˈɪɹiː/

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erie is pronounced in two syllables

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An example use of erie in a speech by a native speaker of american english:

“… a wind comes off lake erie and …”

meanings of erie

name:

Any of a number of other places in North America; see at Wikipedia.
A small city, the county seat of Neosho County, Kansas, United States.
One of the Great Lakes of North America.
A city, the county seat of Erie County, Pennsylvania, United States.

noun:

A tribe of Native Americans.

erie frequency in english - C2+ level of CEFR

the word erie occurs in english on average 1.2 times per one million words; this frequency warrants it to be in the study list for C2+ level of language mastery according to CEFR, the Common European Framework of Reference.