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Definition of Sequoya
1. Noun. Cherokee who created a notation for writing the Cherokee language (1770-1843).
Lexicographical Neighbors of Sequoya
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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