Seneca

noun

Sen·​e·​ca ˈse-ni-kə 

1

plural Seneca or Senecas : a member of an Indigenous people of western New York

2

: the Iroquoian language of the Seneca people

Word History

Etymology

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

First Known Use

circa 1616, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Kids Definition

Seneca

noun

Sen·​e·​ca ˈsen-i-kə 

: a member of an Indigenous people of western New York

Biographical Definition

Seneca

biographical name

Sen·​e·​ca ˈse-ni-kə 

Lucius Annaeus 4 b.c.?–a.d. 65 Roman statesman, dramatist, and philosopher

Senecan

ˈse-ni-kən 

adjective