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Sequoya

American  
[si-kwoi-uh] / sɪˈkwɔɪ ə /
Or Sequoyah

noun

  1. 1770?–1843, Cherokee Indian scholar: inventor of a syllabary for writing Cherokee.


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Antonio Fortes, 29, Sequoya Reels-Felder, 28 and Daniel Garcia, 29, were sentenced to serve eight years.

From Washington Times • Jan. 10, 2020

Sequoya Mercer, 37, said she held her son’s hand that night at University of Maryland Prince George’s Hospital Center, and she felt him squeeze.

From Washington Post • Nov. 29, 2019

Sequoya Yiaueki grew up believing he was a Native American, until a DNA test told him otherwise in his 30s.

From The Guardian • Nov. 15, 2018

Their language was reduced to writing by means of an alphabet which one of their number named Sequoya had devised.

From The Red Man's Continent: a chronicle of aboriginal America by Huntington, Ellsworth