Definition of Sequoya

1. Noun. Cherokee who created a notation for writing the Cherokee language (1770-1843).

Exact synonyms: George Guess, Sequoyah
Generic synonyms: Cherokee, Indian Chief, Indian Chieftain

Lexicographical Neighbors of Sequoya

Septembrizes
Septembrizing
Septic
Septobasidiaceae
Septobasidium
Septobasidium pseudopedicellatum
Septuagesima
Septuagesima Sunday
Septuagint
Sequoia National Park
Sequoia Wellingtonia
Sequoia gigantea
Sequoia sempervirens
Sequoiadendron
Sequoiadendron giganteum
Sequoya (current term)
Sequoyah
Seraiki
Seraphina
Seraphine
Serax
Serb
Serbia
Serbia and Montenegro
Serbian
Serbian salad
Serbian salads
Serbians
Serbo-
Serbo-Croat

Literary usage of Sequoya

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Andrew Jackson and Early Tennessee History by Samuel Gordon Heiskell, John Sevier (1920)
"Scott's Proclamations and Letters — Death of John Ross — Eulogy — Sequoya and Cherokee Alphabet — Reunited Cherokees — Luke Lea, Indian Agent — Capt. ..."

2. Library of Southern Literature by Edwin Anderson Alderman, Joel Chandler Harris, Charles William Kent (1913)
"Sequoya: THE MODERN CADMUS BY HA SCOMP [Dr. Scomp was born in Boyle County, Kentucky, December 20, 1843. He was for years professor of Greek in Emory ..."

3. Handbook of American Indians North of Mexico V. 3/4 by Frederick Webb Hodge (2003)
"The big tree (Sequoia gigantea) or the redwood (S. sempervirens) of California: from Sequoya (qv ), the inventor of the Cherokee alphabet, .whose name in ..."

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