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Seneca

 
Dictionary: Sen·e·ca   (sĕn'ĭ-kə) pronunciation

n., pl., Seneca, or -cas.
    1. A Native American people formerly inhabiting western New York from Seneca Lake to Lake Erie, with present-day populations in this same area and in southeast Ontario. The Seneca are the westernmost member of the original Iroquois confederacy.
    2. A member of this people.
  1. The Iroquoian language of the Seneca.

[From Dutch Sennecaas, probably of Mahican origin.]


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The noun has 3 meanings:

Meaning #1: Roman statesman and philosopher who was an advisor to Nero; his nine extant tragedies are modeled on Greek tragedies (circa 4 BC - 65 AD)
  Synonym: Lucius Annaeus Seneca

Meaning #2: a member of the Iroquoian people formerly living in New York state south of Lake Ontario

Meaning #3: the Iroquoian language spoken by the Seneca people


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