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 names of four of the Great Lakes - Ontario, Huron, Michigan and Erie - originate from indigenous words.
From BBC ● Aug. 27, 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
Suggs’s interviews for Huron were an exception these days.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 14, 2025
But the frontman was at the dentist, and a Lord Huron song came on the office’s speakers.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 23, 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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