SENECA

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Seneca mean? 

• SENECA (noun)
  The noun SENECA has 3 senses:

1. Roman statesman and philosopher who was an advisor to Nero; his nine extant tragedies are modeled on Greek tragedies (circa 4 BC - 65 AD)

2. a member of the Iroquoian people formerly living in New York State south of Lake Ontario

3. the Iroquoian language spoken by the Seneca

  Familiarity information: SENECA used as a noun is uncommon.

 Dictionary entry details 

• SENECA (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Roman statesman and philosopher who was an advisor to Nero; his nine extant tragedies are modeled on Greek tragedies (circa 4 BC - 65 AD)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Synonyms:

Lucius Annaeus Seneca; Seneca

Instance hypernyms:

dramatist; playwright (someone who writes plays)

philosopher (a specialist in philosophy)

national leader; solon; statesman (a man who is a respected leader in national or international affairs)

Derivation:

Senecan (of or relating to or like or in the manner of the Roman Seneca)

Sense 2

Meaning:

A member of the Iroquoian people formerly living in New York State south of Lake Ontario

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Hypernyms ("Seneca" is a kind of...):

Iroquois (any member of the warlike North American Indian peoples formerly living in New York State; the Iroquois League were allies of the British during the American Revolution)

Sense 3

Meaning:

The Iroquoian language spoken by the Seneca

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Hypernyms ("Seneca" is a kind of...):

Iroquoian; Iroquoian language; Iroquois (a family of North American Indian languages spoken by the Iroquois)

 Context examples 

Also called Seneca Valley virus-001 and SVV-001.

(NTX-010, NCI Dictionary)