name
Meaning 1
Synonym of Hurons; The Wyandot people
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: archaic
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: Hurons
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
Huron
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
Sound
Pronunciation
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General-American: /ˈhjʊɹɑn/
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General-American: /ˈhjɝɑn/
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US: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
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Received-Pronunciation: /ˈhjʊəɹɒn/
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Received-Pronunciation: /ˈhjɔːɹɒn/
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CMU ARPABET: HH Y UW1 R AA2 N Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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CMU ARPABET 2: HH Y UH1 R AA2 N Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
name
Meaning 2
A placename in the United States:
A city in Fresno County, California.
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name
Meaning 3
A placename in the United States:
An unincorporated community in Lawrence County, Indiana.
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name
Meaning 4
A placename in the United States:
A tiny city in Atchison County, Kansas.
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name
Meaning 5
A placename in the United States:
An unincorporated community in Polk County, Missouri.
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name
Meaning 6
A placename in the United States:
A city in Erie County, Ohio.
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name
Meaning 7
A placename in the United States:
A town and hamlet in Wayne County, New York.
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name
Meaning 8
A placename in the United States:
A city, the county seat of Beadle County, South Dakota.
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name
Meaning 9
A placename in the United States:
An unincorporated community in Henderson County, Tennessee.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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name
Meaning 10
A placename in the United States:
An unincorporated community in Chippewa County, Wisconsin.
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name
Meaning 11
A placename in the United States:
A number of townships in the United States, listed under Huron Township.
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name
Meaning 12
A former township, now part of Huron-Kinloss township, Bruce County, Ontario, Canada, since 1999.
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name
Meaning 13
A rural municipality, the Rural Municipality of Huron No. 223, in south-central Saskatchewan, Canada.
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name
Meaning 14
Lake Huron
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noun
Meaning 15
A member of the Wyandot people, a Native American group.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: archaic
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noun
Meaning 16
the 2nd largest of the Great Lakes
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: Lake Huron
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: lake
History
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.
Across languages
Translations
8 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Bulgarian: Хю́рън (Hjúrǎn) — Translations
- Czech: Hurón — Translations
- French: Huron — Translations
- German: Hurone — Translations
- Lao: ຮູໂຣນ (hū rōn) — Translations
- Latin: Hurones — Translations
- Polish: Huron — Translations
- Thai: ฮูรอน (huu-rɔɔn) — Translations
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