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Se⋅quoy⋅a

[si-kwoi-uh]
–noun
1770?–1843, Cherokee Indian scholar: inventor of a syllabary for writing Cherokee.
Also, Se⋅quoy⋅ah.
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Se·quoy·a or Se·quoy·ah   (sĭ-kwoi'ə)   
Cherokee scholar who developed a system of transcribing the Cherokee language.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
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