Senecan

Variant of Seneca

noun

  1. pl. Senecas or Seneca a member of a North American Indian people formerly living in W New York and now living chiefly in New York and Ontario
  2. the Iroquoian language of this people

Origin: < Du Sennecas, prob. < Mahican: orig. ref. to the Oneida, later including also the Onondaga, Cayuga, & Seneca

adjective

of the Senecas or their language or culture
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