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Seneca
noun
Sen·e·ca
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plural Seneca
or Senecas
Definition of Seneca
(Entry 1 of 2)
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 name
Sen·e·ca
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Definition of Seneca (Entry 2 of 2)
Lucius Annaeus 4 b.c.?–a.d. 65 Roman statesman, dramatist, and philosopher
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Senecan
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Seneca
noun
Sen·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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