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Huron

//ˈhjʊɹɑn// name, noun

Definitions

Proper Noun

1
Synonym of Hurons; The Wyandot people archaic
2
A placename in the United States:; A city in Fresno County, California.
3
A placename in the United States:; An unincorporated community in Lawrence County, Indiana.
4
A placename in the United States:; A tiny city in Atchison County, Kansas.
5
A placename in the United States:; An unincorporated community in Polk County, Missouri.

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6
A placename in the United States:; A city in Erie County, Ohio.
7
A placename in the United States:; A town and hamlet in Wayne County, New York.
8
A placename in the United States:; A city, the county seat of Beadle County, South Dakota.
9
A placename in the United States:; An unincorporated community in Henderson County, Tennessee.
10
A placename in the United States:; An unincorporated community in Chippewa County, Wisconsin.
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A placename in the United States:; A number of townships in the United States, listed under Huron Township.
12
A former township, now part of Huron-Kinloss township, Bruce County, Ontario, Canada, since 1999.
13
A rural municipality, the Rural Municipality of Huron No. 223, in south-central Saskatchewan, Canada.
14
Lake Huron

Noun

1
A member of the Wyandot people, a Native American group. archaic

Etymology

Etymology 1

From French Huron; Uncertain; possibly from French hure (“boar’s head”) or from a Wyandot word containing the Iroquoian root ronon (“nation”), from Proto-North Iroquoian *-ɹonõʔ.

Etymology 2

From French Huron; Uncertain; possibly from French hure (“boar’s head”) or from a Wyandot word containing the Iroquoian root ronon (“nation”), from Proto-North Iroquoian *-ɹonõʔ.

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