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English word origin

Etymology of Huron

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.

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Unnumbered source etymology

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name

Synonym of Hurons; The Wyandot people · A city in Fresno County, California. · An unincorporated community in Lawrence County, Indiana. · A tiny city in Atchison County, Kansas.

noun

A member of the Wyandot people, a Native American group.

Selected source glosses provide context, not a complete modern definition inventory

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.

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  • Borrowed-form mentionHuronfr
  • Derivation mentionhurefr · boar’s head
  • Derivation mention*-ɹonõʔiro-nor-pro

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