Huron
Americannoun
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a member of an Indian tribe, the northwestern member of the Iroquoian family, living west of Lake Huron.
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an Iroquoian language, the language of the Huron Indians.
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Lake, a lake between the U.S. and Canada: second largest of the Great Lakes. 23,010 sq. mi. (59,595 sq. km).
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a city in E South Dakota.
noun
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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)
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a member of a North American Indian people formerly living in the region east of Lake Huron
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the Iroquoian language of this people
Etymology
Origin of Huron
An Americanism dating back to 1625–35
Example Sentences
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The Huron Consulting Group projects that 442 private nonprofit colleges enrolling roughly 670,000 students are at risk of closing or merging within a decade.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 6, 2026
Back in Manhattan, the sixth person Suggs approached for the Huron video agreed to participate.
From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 14, 2025
Lord Huron may play that “crucial weirdo” role for some.
From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 23, 2025
Meanwhile, the Lord Huron song is in the exclusive club of tracks that have racked up three billion Spotify plays - a club even Taylor Swift isn't in yet.
From BBC • Jul. 11, 2025
The Huron, he reported in an account of his American years, could not understand why one Man should have more than another, and that the Rich should have more Respect than the Poor.
From "1491" by Charles C. Mann
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