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SEQUOYA

• SEQUOYA (noun)
The noun SEQUOYA has 1 sense:

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

Familiarity information: SEQUOYA used as a noun is very rare.

• SEQUOYA (noun)

Sense 1

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Meaning:

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

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Synonyms:

George Guess; Sequoya; Sequoyah

Instance hypernyms:

Cherokee (a member of an Iroquoian people formerly living in the Appalachian Mountains but now chiefly in Oklahoma)

Indian chief; Indian chieftain (the leader of a group of native Americans)

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