Seneca
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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.
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an Iroquoian language of the Seneca, Onondaga, and Cayuga tribes.
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a member of a North American Indian people formerly living south of Lake Ontario; one of the Iroquois peoples
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the language of this people, belonging to the Iroquoian family
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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
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his father, Marcus (ˈmɑːkəs) or Lucius Annaeus, called the Elder or the Rhetorician. ?55 bc –?39 ad , Roman writer on oratory and history
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Origin of Seneca
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
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He had long kept a home in Seneca, a short drive from Skins’.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 14, 2026
Mr. Porter is a former president of the Seneca Nation.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 12, 2026
"Seneca sends our deepest condolences to Mr Gunther's family and friends, and to his former colleagues and professors. He will be deeply missed", the college said in a statement.
From BBC ● Mar. 24, 2026
Gunther joined Air Canada after graduating from Seneca, which said flags at the campus would be lowered to half-mast on Tuesday.
From BBC ● Mar. 24, 2026
Elizabeth Cady Stanton moved into this home in Seneca Falls, New York, in 1847.
From "Votes for Women!" by Winifred Conkling
Calvert’s Fred Fabrizio rushed for 115 yards and three touchdowns and Austin Jones added 156 yards and two TDs as the Senecas rolled to a 77-14 victory.
From Washington Times ● Oct. 12, 2016
“The arguments I’m hearing, it really hurt,” Al Parker, a member of the Tonawanda Senecas who attended Monday’s meeting to address the mascot issue, said.
From New York Times ● Mar. 10, 2015
At the same time, Senecas, Shawnees, and Delawares laid siege to Fort Pitt.
From Textbooks ● Dec. 30, 2014
The Senecas turned Philip Johnson's airy building into a darkened, smoke-filled casino hall, and constructed an adjacent hotel, depriving Milstein's project of the lucrative anchor it required.
From BusinessWeek ● Dec. 2, 2010
This condition of things existed for a few days, when it was announced by the Senecas that they were about to depart towards their own villages.
From The Frontiersmen by Aimard, Gustave
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