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Huron

North American lake, named for the native people who lived nearby, whose name is attested in English from 1650s, from French, from obsolete French huron "bristle-haired" (the French word frequently was used in reference to head-dresses, and that might be its original sense here), from Old French huré "bristly, unkempt, shaggy," which is of uncertain origin, but French sources indicate it probably is from Germanic.

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Definitions of Huron from WordNet

Huron (n.)
the 2nd largest of the Great Lakes;
Synonyms: Lake Huron
From wordnet.princeton.edu