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Hu·ron (hyo̵or′än′, -ən)

noun pl. Hurons -·rons′ or Huron -·ron′

  1. a member of a confederation of North American Indian peoples that lived between Georgian Bay and Lake Ontario, Canada, now living in Oklahoma and Quebec
  2. the Iroquoian language of this people

Etymology: Fr huron, coarse fellow, ruffian < hure, unkempt head

Huron2 definition

Hu·ron (hyo̵or′än′, -ən)

second largest of the Great Lakes, between Mich. & Ontario, Canada: 23,000 sq mi (59,570 sq km)

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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