HURON


Meaning of HURON in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ ˈhyu̇r-ən, -ˌän ]

noun

( plural Hurons or Huron )

Etymology: French, literally, boor

Date: 1658

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

Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary.      Энциклопедический словарь английского языка Merriam Webster.