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WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024Sen•e•ca (sen′i kə),USA pronunciation n., pl. -cas, (esp. collectively) -ca for 1.- a member of the largest tribe of the Iroquois Confederacy of North American Indians, formerly inhabiting western New York and being conspicuous in the wars south and west of Lake Erie.
- an Iroquoian language of the Seneca, Onondaga, and Cayuga tribes.
- an unattested Mahican name
- New York Dutch Sennecaas, etc., origin, originally applied to the Oneida and, more generally, to all the Upper Iroquois (as opposed to the Mohawk), probably
Lucius An•nae•us (ə nē′əs),USA pronunciation c4b.c. –a.d.65, Roman philosopher and writer of tragedies.
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: Seneca /ˈsɛnɪkə/ n - Lucius Annaeus (əˈniːəs), called the Younger. ?4 bc–65 ad, Roman philosopher, statesman, and dramatist; tutor and adviser to Nero. He was implicated in a plot to murder Nero and committed suicide. His works include Stoical essays on ethical subjects and tragedies that had a considerable influence on Elizabethan drama
- his father, Marcus (ˈmɑːkəs) or Lucius Annaeus, called the Elder or the Rhetorician. ?55 bc–?39 ad, Roman writer on oratory and history
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