Huron

== English == === Etymology === 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. === Pronunciation === (General American) IPA(key): /ˈhjʊɹɑn/, /ˈhjɝɑn/ (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈhjʊəɹɒn/, /ˈhjɔːɹɒn/ === Noun === Huron (plural Hurons or Huron) (archaic) A member of the Wyandot people, a Native American group. ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Translations ==== === Proper noun === Huron (archaic) Synonym of Hurons; The Wyandot people A placename in the United States: A city in Fresno County, California. An unincorporated community in Lawrence County, Indiana. A tiny city in Atchison County, Kansas. An unincorporated community in Polk County, Missouri. A city in Erie County, Ohio. A town and hamlet in Wayne County, New York. A city, the county seat of Beadle County, South Dakota. An unincorporated community in Henderson County, Tennessee. An unincorporated community in Chippewa County, Wisconsin. A number of townships in the United States, listed under Huron Township. A former township, now part of Huron-Kinloss township, Bruce County, Ontario, Canada, since 1999. A rural municipality, the Rural Municipality of Huron No. 223, in south-central Saskatchewan, Canada. Lake Huron === See also === == French == === Etymology === From Middle French huron (“bristle-haired”), from Old French hure (“bristly, unkempt, shaggy”), of possible Germanic origin. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /y.ʁɔ̃/ === Proper noun === Huron m (obsolete) the Wendat, a Native American people of the Huron Confederacy. The Wyandot and the Huron-Wendat are their cultural descendants === Noun === Huron m (plural Hurons, feminine Huronne) a member of this people === Derived terms === === Related terms === === Descendants === English: Huron