I. ˈse-ni-kə noun
( plural Seneca or Senecas )
Etymology: Dutch Sennecaas, plural, the Iroquois living west of the Mohawks
Date: circa 1616
1. : a member of an American Indian people of what is now western New York
2. : the Iroquoian language of the Seneca people
II. ˈse-ni-kə biographical name
Lucius Annaeus 4 B.C.?-A.D. 65 Roman statesman, dramatist, & philosopher
• Sen·e·can -kən adjective