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An Iroquois-speaking North American Indian group, who settled in present-day W New York State and E Ohio. A member of the Iroquois League, they expanded through warfare in the 17th-c. They supported the British during the American Revolution, which led to the destruction of their villages by US troops, and their settlement on reservations in 1797.

Lucius Annaeus Seneca, also called 'the younger', 'philosophus' or 'tragicus', son of Seneca the Elder, Roman philosopher and playwright, ordered to commit suicide by Nero

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Seneca nation, a tribe of Native Americans Seneca crater on the moon Seneca College, Toronto, Ontario USS Seneca, U.S. Navy ships Seneca Foods, maker of apple chips. Seneca (programming language) numerical computing programming language based on Oberon Piper PA-34 Seneca light twin-engine aircraft

Places in the United States of America:

Seneca, Illinois Seneca, Kansas Seneca, New York Seneca, Pennsylvania Seneca, South Carolina Seneca, South Dakota Seneca, Wisconsin Seneca Army Depot in Seneca County, New York Seneca County, New York Seneca Creek in Maryland Seneca Falls (village), New York Seneca Lake, New York Seneca Rocks in West Virginia Senecaville, Ohio West Seneca, New York
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