Huron
[hyoo r-uh n, -on or, often, yoo r-]
- a member of an Indian tribe, the northwestern member of the Iroquoian family, living west of Lake Huron.
- an Iroquoian language, the language of the Huron Indians.
- Lake, a lake between the U.S. and Canada: second largest of the Great Lakes. 23,010 sq. mi. (59,595 sq. km).
- a city in E South Dakota.
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Origin of Huron
An Americanism dating back to 1625–35
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Huron
- Lake Huron 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)
- plural -rons or -ron a member of a North American Indian people formerly living in the region east of Lake Huron
- the Iroquoian language of this people
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Word Origin and History for lake huron
Huron
the North American lake is named for the Indian people, whose name is from obsolete French huron "bristle-haired" (the French word frequently was used in reference to head-dresses, and that might be its original sense here), from Old French huré "bristly, unkempt, shaggy," of uncertain origin, but French sources indicate it probably is from Germanic.
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Lake Huron
[(hyoor-on, hyoor-uhn)]
Note
Second largest of the Great Lakes.
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