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La Hontan

La Hontan is the alternative spelling of Lahontan.

Meaning of Lahontan

Proper noun

Lahontan

  1. A commune of Pyrénées-Atlantiques department, France
  2. Louis-Armand de Lom d’Arce, Baron of Lahontan (1666–1716), a French explorer known for his accounts of New France, especially Nouveaux Voyages dans l’Amerique septentrionale (New Travels in North America).

Questions about La Hontan

What is La Hontan the alternative spelling of?
La Hontan is the alternative spelling of Lahontan.

Words near La Hontan in the dictionary

  1. La Guajira
  2. La Habra
  3. La Habra Heights
  4. La Hogue
  5. La Honda
  6. La Hontan
  7. La Huasteca
  8. La Huerta
  9. La Jolla
  10. La Junta
  11. la la

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Adapted from Wiktionary: La Hontan (page history and authors); Lahontan (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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