erie canal

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   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

   Broadercanal

   Part ofNew York State Barge CanalNew York

Questions about erie canal

What does erie canal mean?

erie canal means "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".

Is erie canal a common word?

erie canal is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.