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Noun: Seneca  se-nu-ku
  1. The Iroquoian language spoken by the Seneca
    - Seneca language
     
  2. A member of the Iroquoian people formerly living in New York State south of Lake Ontario
     
  3. Roman statesman and philosopher who was an advisor to Nero; his nine extant tragedies are modelled on Greek tragedies (circa 4 BC - 65 AD)
    - Seneca the Younger, Lucius Annaeus Seneca

Derived forms: Senecas

Type of: dramatist, Iroquoian, Iroquoian language, Iroquois, national leader, philosopher, playwright, statesman, statesperson

Encyclopedia: Seneca, SC