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Definition of Sequoyah
1. Noun. Cherokee who created a notation for writing the Cherokee language (1770-1843).
Definition of Sequoyah
1. Proper noun. Inventor of the syllabary for writing the Cherokee language, also known as George Guess. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Sequoyah
Literary usage of Sequoyah
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. History and Civics of Oklahoma by Luther Jewett Abbott (1910)
"This is done chiefly through an extensive sequoyah (George Guess), ... sequoyah.
Not a little of the progress among the Chero- kees was due to the ingenious ..."
2. The Chickasaw Nation: A Short Sketch of a Noble People by James Henry Malone (1922)
"With the sequoyah alphabet a Cherokee could learn to spell in one day. ...
sequoyah invented simply a large and complete phonetic system in which everything ..."
3. The Chickasaw Nation: A Short Sketch of a Noble People by James Henry Malone (1922)
"With the sequoyah alphabet a Cherokee could learn to spell in one day. ...
sequoyah invented simply a large and complete phonetic system in which everything ..."
4. The Quarterly (1901)
"sequoyah. Honor to Whom Honor is Due. By Dr. JD Moody. In the early part of the
eighteenth century there was quite an ¡migration of German people from ..."
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