Seneca

¹

[sen-i-kuh]

noun

plural

Senecas ,

plural

Seneca .

1. a member of the largest tribe of the Iroquois Confederacy of North American Indians, formerly inhabiting western New York and being conspicuous in the wars south and west of Lake Erie.

2. an Iroquoian language of the Seneca, Onondaga, and Cayuga tribes.

Seneca

²

[sen-i-kuh]

noun

1. Lucius Annaeus c4 b.c.–a.d. 65, Roman philosopher and writer of tragedies.

Seneca

¹

/ ˈsɛnɪkə /

noun

1. a member of a North American Indian people formerly living south of Lake Ontario; one of the Iroquois peoples

2. the language of this people, belonging to the Iroquoian family

Seneca

²

/ ˈsɛnɪkə /

noun

1. Lucius Annaeus (əˈniːəs), called the Younger. ?4 _bc –65 _ad , Roman philosopher, statesman, and dramatist; tutor and adviser to Nero. He was implicated in a plot to murder Nero and committed suicide. His works include Stoical essays on ethical subjects and tragedies that had a considerable influence on Elizabethan drama

2. his father, Marcus (ˈmɑːkəs) or Lucius Annaeus, called the Elder or the Rhetorician. ?55 _bc –?39 _ad , Roman writer on oratory and history

Other Word Forms

• Senecan adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of Seneca¹

From the New York Dutch word Sennecaas, etc., originally applied to the Oneida and, more generally, to all the Upper Iroquois (as opposed to the Mohawk), probably < an unattested Mahican name

Word History and Origins

Origin of Seneca¹

C19: from Dutch Sennecaas (plural), probably of Algonquian origin

Example Sentences

Prosecutors served subpoenas on several members of Price’s City Hall staff and several former employees of Del Richardson & Associates, which Richardson sold to the Greenwood Seneca Foundation several years ago, the sources said.

From Los Angeles Times

San Bernardino County sheriff’s deputies arrived Wednesday about 3:40 p.m. at the gated Rancho Seneca apartment complex, near the 15 Freeway.

From Los Angeles Times

"It's an annoyance," says Ellen Campbell, who owns a house on Seneca Lake a short distance away.

From BBC

The crash occurred at 11:09 a.m. at the intersection of Seneca and El Evado roads, according to an X post by the San Bernardino County Sheriff’s Department.

From Los Angeles Times

The first argument came from a Roman philosopher called Sextius whom Seneca particularly admired, who had lived in the first century BC and had been known for his simple lifestyle.

From Salon