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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A description says it happened over Lake Huron in February 2023, around the time that a Chinese surveillance balloon traversed the United States, spurring increased scrutiny of UFOs.
From BBC ● May 22, 2026
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
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
I’d spent a month the previous summer at Camp Ponshewaing, near Port Huron.
From "Middlesex: A Novel" by Jeffrey Eugenides
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