1
plural Hurons or Huron
: an Iroquoian-speaking member of a confederacy of Indigenous peoples formerly occupying the country between Georgian Bay and Lake Ontario
2
: the Iroquoian language of the Hurons
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Vanya on Huron Street Through Feb. 4 at Brooklyn Center for Theater Research; brooklyncenterfortheatreresearch.com.
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Elisabeth Vincentelli, New York Times, 22 Jan. 2025
The water — which spans from South Dakota to Texas and was once the size of Lake Huron — at one point accounted for 30% of the crop and animal production in the U.S.
Kansas accounts for about 10% of the water in the Aquifer, the third most of the eight states that can access the water.
—David Newcomb, Kansas City Star, 16 Jan. 2025
The 178-foot ship Munger referred to was the James R. Bentley, a wooden schooner that sank in Lake Huron, just north of Rogers City, Michigan, on Nov. 12, 1878.
—Caitlin Looby, Journal Sentinel, 31 Dec. 2024
The others are Lakes Superior, Huron, Erie and Ontario.
—Daniel R. Depetris, Newsweek, 10 Jan. 2025
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Elisabeth Vincentelli, New York Times, 22 Jan. 2025
The water — which spans from South Dakota to Texas and was once the size of Lake Huron — at one point accounted for 30% of the crop and animal production in the U.S.
Kansas accounts for about 10% of the water in the Aquifer, the third most of the eight states that can access the water.
—David Newcomb, Kansas City Star, 16 Jan. 2025
The 178-foot ship Munger referred to was the James R. Bentley, a wooden schooner that sank in Lake Huron, just north of Rogers City, Michigan, on Nov. 12, 1878.
—Caitlin Looby, Journal Sentinel, 31 Dec. 2024
The others are Lakes Superior, Huron, Erie and Ontario.
—Daniel R. Depetris, Newsweek, 10 Jan. 2025
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“Huron.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/Huron. Accessed 27 Jan. 2025.
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