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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She studies it daily, reading the texts of thinkers such as Seneca, Epictetus and other men better known as marble busts.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 30, 2026
She started at Seneca Health Services in January, working in rural West Virginia counties with residents facing challenges like depression or schizophrenia.
From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 29, 2025
"It's an annoyance," says Ellen Campbell, who owns a house on Seneca Lake a short distance away.
From BBC • May 22, 2025
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 • Mar. 17, 2025
Pierce was about nineteen years old when she attended the first women’s rights convention at Seneca Falls, and she was ninety-one when she became eligible to vote for the first time.
From "Votes for Women!" by Winifred Conkling
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