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Seneca

noun Sen·e·ca \ˈse-ni-kə\

plural Seneca or Senecas

Definition of SENECA

: a member of an American Indian people of what is now western New York

: the Iroquoian language of the Seneca people

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Dutch Sennecaas, plural, the Iroquois living west of the Mohawks

First Known Use: circa 1616

biographical name Sen·e·ca \ˈse-ni-kə\

Lucius Annaeus 4 b.c. ?–a.d. 65 Rom. statesman, dram., & philos.

— Sen·e·can \-kən\ adjective

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noun Sen·e·ca \ˈse-ni-kə\

plural Seneca or Sen·e·cas

: a member of an American Indian people of western New York

: the language of the Seneca people

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