Huron

See also: huron, hurón, and húron

English

Etymology

From French Huron; Uncertain; possibly from French hure (boar’s head) or from a Wyandot word containing the Iroquoian root ronon (nation).

Pronunciation

  • (General American) IPA(key): /ˈhjʊɹɑn/, /ˈhjɝɑn/
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  • (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈhjʊəɹɒn/, /ˈhjɔːɹɒn/
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Noun

Huron (plural Hurons or Huron)

  1. (archaic) A member of the Wyandot people, a Native American group.

Derived terms

noun and proper noun

Translations

Proper noun

Huron

  1. (archaic) Synonym of Hurons; The Wyandot people
  2. A placename in the United States:
    1. A city in Fresno County, California.
    2. An unincorporated community in Lawrence County, Indiana.
    3. A tiny city in Atchison County, Kansas.
    4. An unincorporated community in Polk County, Missouri.
    5. A city in Erie County, Ohio.
    6. A town and hamlet in Wayne County, New York.
    7. A city, the county seat of Beadle County, South Dakota.
    8. An unincorporated community in Henderson County, Tennessee.
    9. An unincorporated community in Chippewa County, Wisconsin.
    10. A number of townships in the United States, listed under Huron Township.
  3. A former township, now part of Huron-Kinloss township, Bruce County, Ontario, Canada, since 1999.
  4. Lake Huron

See also

French

Etymology

From Middle French huron (bristle-haired), from Old French hure (bristly, unkempt, shaggy), of possible Germanic origin.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /y.ʁɔ̃/
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Proper noun

Huron m

  1. (obsolete) the Wendat, a Native American people of the Huron Confederacy. The Wyandot and the Huron-Wendat are their cultural descendants

Noun

Huron m (plural Hurons, feminine Huronne)

  1. a member of this people

Derived terms

  • Lac Huron

Descendants

  • English: Huron
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