noun
Huron
HYOOR-ron
noun
1
A member of the Wyandot, an Indigenous people originally from the Great Lakes region of North America.
"The Huron formed strong trading ties with early French settlers."
name
1
Lake Huron, one of the five Great Lakes of North America.
"They sailed across Lake Huron on a summer cruise."
Word Forms
Hurons plural, Huron plural
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Etymology
From French Huron, of uncertain origin — possibly from French hure ("boar's head," a jab at a hairstyle) or from an Iroquoian word for "nation."