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Huron

Pronunciation: /ˈhjʊɹɑn/

The English word “Huron” has 8 meanings listed here.

noun

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

proper noun

  1. Synonym of Hurons; The Wyandot people
  2. An unincorporated community in Lawrence County, Indiana.
  3. An unincorporated community in Polk County, Missouri.
  4. An unincorporated community in Henderson County, Tennessee.
  5. An unincorporated community in Chippewa County, Wisconsin.
  6. A number of townships in the United States, listed under Huron Township.
  7. Lake Huron

Etymology

From French Huron; Uncertain; possibly from French hure (“boar’s head”) or from a Wyandot word containing the Iroquoian root ronon (“nation”), from Proto-North Iroquoian *-ɹonõʔ.

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