Meanings
plural Hurons
- archaicA member of the Wyandot people, a Native American group.
- A placename in the United States:
- A city in Fresno County, California.
- A tiny city in Atchison County, Kansas.
- 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.
- 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
Synonyms & antonyms
proper nounSynonym of Hurons; The Wyandot people
Origin
- Proto-North Iroquoian*-ɹonõʔ
- Iroquoian
- Frenchhure“boar’s head”
- FrenchHuron
- EnglishHuron
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.
More words from French, Iroquoian, Proto-North Iroquoian
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Bulgarian Хю́рън
- Хю́рън (Hjúrăn)Translations
Czech Hurón
- HurónTranslations
French Huron
- HuronTranslations
German Hurone
- HuroneTranslations
Latin Hurones
- HuronesTranslations
Polish Huron
- HuronTranslations
Thai ฮูรอน
- ฮูรอน (huu-rɔɔn)Translations
Cite this entry
Huron. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Huron
“Huron.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Huron. Accessed November 2, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Huron,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Huron.
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