释义 |
[ si-kwoi-uh ] / sɪˈkwɔɪ ə /
noun1770?–1843, Cherokee Indian scholar: inventor of a syllabary for writing Cherokee. Words nearby Sequoyasequestrum, sequin, sequoia, Sequoia National Park, sequoiosis, Sequoya, ser, sera, sérac, seraglio, serai Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for SequoyaTheir language was reduced to writing by means of an alphabet which one of their number named Sequoya had devised. The Red Man's Continent|Ellsworth Huntington On the other hand, it is certain that Sequoya was born before the date that Phillips allows. Myths of the Cherokee|James Mooney The next year Sequoya visited the West, to introduce the new science among those who had emigrated to the Arkansas. Myths of the Cherokee|James Mooney The Washington treaty was signed by several delegates, including Sequoya, four of them signing in Cherokee characters. Myths of the Cherokee|James Mooney
Sequoya, the inventor of the Cherokee alphabet, lived here in his boyhood, about the time of the Revolution. Myths of the Cherokee|James Mooney
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