Sen·e·ca | \ ˈse-ni-kə 
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\ plural Seneca or Senecas
Definition of Seneca
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1 : a member of an American Indian people of what is now western New York
2 : the Iroquoian language of the Seneca people
Seneca
biographical nameSen·e·ca | \ ˈse-ni-kə \
\Definition of Seneca (Entry 2 of 2)
Lucius Annaeus 4 b.c.?–a.d. 65 Roman statesman, dramatist, and philosopher
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Seneca
nounSen·e·ca | \ ˈse-ni-kə \
\ plural Seneca or Senecas
Kids Definition of Seneca
1 : a member of an American Indian people of western New York
2 : the language of the Seneca people
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The first known use of Seneca was circa 1616
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