Senecas


Sen·e·ca

S0262000 (sĕn′ĭ-kə)n. pl. Seneca or Sen·e·cas 1. A member of a Native American people formerly inhabiting western New York from Seneca Lake to Lake Erie, with present-day populations in this same area and in southeast Ontario. The Seneca are the westernmost member of the original Iroquois confederacy.2. The Iroquoian language of the Seneca.
[From Dutch Sennecaas, probably of Mahican origin.]