l. a. seneca
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Seneca1 (ˈsɛnɪkə) ![[Click for IPA pronunciation guide]](http://static.sfdict.com/dictstatic/g/d/dictionary_questionbutton_default.gif) | |
| —n , -cas, -ca | |
| 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 |
| [C19: from Dutch Sennecaas (plural), probably of Algonquian origin] | |
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L. a. seneca
is always a great word to know.
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| a children's mummer's parade, as on the Fourth of July, with prizes for the best costumes. |
| a fool or simpleton; ninny. |
| Seneca2 (ˈsɛnɪkə) | |
| —n | |
| 1. | Lucius Annaeus (əˈniːəs), called the Younger. ?4 |
| 2. | his father, Marcus (ˈmɑːkəs) or Lucius Annaeus, called the Elder or the Rhetorician. ?55 |
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Seneca
1616, from Du. Sennecas, collective name for the upper N.Y. Iroquois tribes, of uncertain origin, perhaps from a Mahican name for the Oneida or their village. Earlier sinnekens, senakees; form probably infl. by the name of the ancient Roman philosopher.
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