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Huron

noun Hu·ron \ ˈhyu̇r-ən , -ˌän \

Definition of Huron

plural Hurons or Huron
1 : a member of a confederacy of American Indian peoples formerly occupying the country between Georgian Bay and Lake Ontario
2 : the Iroquoian language of the Hurons

Origin and Etymology of huron

French, literally, boor

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