Huron.
A member of the Wyandot people, a Native American group.
Meaning & usage
A member of the Wyandot people, a Native American group.
Where this word comes from
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.
Synonym of Hurons; The Wyandot people
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Where this word comes from
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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