Huron

American  

[hyoor-uhn, -on, yoor-] / ˈhyʊər ən, -ɒn, ˈyʊər- /

noun

1. a member of an Indian tribe, the northwestern member of the Iroquoian family, living west of Lake Huron.

2. an Iroquoian language, the language of the Huron Indians.

3. Lake, a lake between the U.S. and Canada: second largest of the Great Lakes. 23,010 sq. mi. (59,595 sq. km).

4. a city in E South Dakota.

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Huron British  

/ ˈhjʊərən /

noun

1. a lake in North America, between the US and Canada: the second largest of the Great Lakes. Area: 59 570 sq km (23 000 sq miles)

2. a member of a North American Indian people formerly living in the region east of Lake Huron

3. the Iroquoian language of this people

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Etymology

Origin of Huron

An Americanism dating back to 1625–35

Example Sentences

Suggs’s interviews for Huron were an exception these days.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 14, 2025

Back in Manhattan, the sixth person Suggs approached for the Huron video agreed to participate.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 14, 2025

She, for example, has a mailbox at a shipping facility in Port Huron that she visits regularly, as do her neighbours.

From BBC • May 10, 2025

Another part of his mission to “reenvision L.A. as a theater city” is to make Huron Station Playhouse a watering hole for artists.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 31, 2025

What’s more, they “informed me that Mrs. Frear had been taken to a private house in Huron Street, and was perfectly safe and well cared for.”

From "The Great Fire" by Jim Murphy