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Hu·ron  (hyrn, -n)

n. pl. Huron or Hu·rons

1.

a. A Native American confederacy formerly inhabiting southeast Ontario around Lake Simcoe, with small present-day populations in Quebec and northeast Oklahoma, where they are known as Wyandot. The Huron traded extensively throughout eastern Canada until the confederacy was destroyed by war with the Iroquois in the mid-17th century.

b. A member of this confederacy.

2. The Iroquoian language of the Huron.

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[French, boor, Huron, from Old French hure, bristling hair.]

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Huron, Lake

The second largest of the Great Lakes, between southeast Ontario, Canada, and eastern Michigan. Part of the Great Lakes-St. Lawrence Seaway system, it is navigable for oceangoing vessels, although winter ice in the shallower sections impedes free passage. Samuel de Champlain first sighted the lake in 1615.

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Huron [ˈhjʊərən]

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1. (Placename) Lake. 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. (Social Science / Peoples) pl -rons, -ron a member of a North American Indian people formerly living in the region east of Lake Huron

3. (Linguistics / Languages) the Iroquoian language of this people

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Huron - the 2nd largest of the Great Lakes   Lake Huron Great Lakes - a group of five large, interconnected lakes in central North America