Main Entry: Sen·e·ca

Pronunciation: \ˈse-ni-kə\

Function: noun

Inflected Form(s): plural Seneca or Senecas

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

Date: circa 1616

1 : a member of an American Indian people of what is now western New York
2 : the Iroquoian language of the Seneca people