ERIE CANAL

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Erie Canal mean? 

• ERIE CANAL (noun)
  The noun ERIE CANAL has 1 sense:

1. an artificial waterway connecting the Hudson river at Albany with Lake Erie at Buffalo; built in the 19th century; now part of the New York State Barge Canal

  Familiarity information: ERIE CANAL used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• ERIE CANAL (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

An artificial waterway connecting the Hudson river at Albany with Lake Erie at Buffalo; built in the 19th century; now part of the New York State Barge Canal

Classified under:

Nouns denoting spatial position

Instance hypernyms:

canal (long and narrow strip of water made for boats or for irrigation)

Holonyms ("Erie Canal" is a part of...):

Empire State; N.Y.; New York; New York State; NY (a Mid-Atlantic state; one of the original 13 colonies)

New York State Barge Canal (a system of canals crossing New York State and connecting the Great Lakes with the Hudson River and Lake Champlain)