Huron
English
Noun
Huron (plural Hurons or Huron)
- (archaic) A member of the Wyandot people, a Native American group.
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Proper noun
Huron
- a city in Fresno County, California, USA.
- an unincorporated community in Lawrence County, Indiana, USA.
- a tiny city in Atchison County, Kansas, USA.
- an unincorporated community in Polk County, Missouri, USA.
- a city in Erie County, Ohio, USA.
- a town and a hamlet in Wayne County, New York, USA.
- a city in South Dakota, USA, and the county seat of Beadle County.
- an unincorporated community in Henderson County, Tennessee, USA.
- an unincorporated community in Chippewa County, Wisconsin, USA.
French
Etymology
From Middle French huron (“bristle-haired”), from Old French hure (“bristly, unkempt, shaggy”), of possible Germanic origin.
Proper noun
Huron
- (obsolete) The Wendat, a Native American people of the Huron Confederacy. The Wyandot and the Huron-Wendat are their cultural descendants.
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