Huron

[ hyoor-uhn, -onor, often, yoor- ]

noun

1. a member of an Indian tribe, the northwestern member of the Iroquoian family, living west of Lake Huron.
2. an Iroquoian language, the language of the Huron Indians.
3. Lake, a lake between the U.S. and Canada: second largest of the Great Lakes. 23,010 sq. mi. (59,595 sq. km).
4. a city in E South Dakota.

Huron

/ ˈhjʊərən /

noun

1. 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)
2. -rons-ron a member of a North American Indian people formerly living in the region east of Lake Huron
3. the Iroquoian language of this people

Word History and Origins

Origin of Huron¹

An Americanism dating back to 1625–35

Example Sentences

Yang would have to block off another half day to visit Huron again, but she had three dozen other cases to deal with.

From ProPublica

Yang has visited Huron twice more as well — six times in total thus far.

From ProPublica

It was because of the prospect of one such baby that Yang found herself walking through a homeless encampment on a blazing July day in Huron, California, an hour’s drive southwest of her office at the Fresno County Department of Public Health.

From ProPublica

So Huron is testing out FedEx and DHL to see if the company wants to use those two carriers during the holidays, as well as talking to third-party logistics provider to see if they can staff up ahead of the holidays.

From Digiday

As an example of the new knowledge, the Port Huron statement endorsed the development of nuclear power.

From The Daily Beast

When he was thirteen he and his father rescued the passengers of a crippled boat on Lake Huron.

From The Daily Beast

Munro grew up in the thirties in small towns around Lake Huron in Canada.

From The Daily Beast

Mama, her first novel, paid homage to her hard-working mother, who raised five children in Port Huron, Michigan.

From The Daily Beast

The associate tells Joe that he ran into an old buddy and went fishing at Lake Huron.

From The Daily Beast

It had before formed a link, as it were, in the traverse of this part of the lake (Huron) in canoes to old Mackinac.

From Project Gutenberg

The clear waters of Lake Huron bubbled and seethed as they were cut by the bow of the swift little motor-boat.

From Project Gutenberg

The "demon" in Huron faith may also be earlier than the religious regard paid to his home, the sky.

From Project Gutenberg

I was fortunate in having a comparatively short distance to travel between Huron and this city.

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The defeated party, to even up matters, was given the northern peninsula between Superior and Huron, now her richest section.

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