Sequoyah

English

Alternative forms

• Sequoya
• Ssiquoya

Etymology

Borrowed from Cherokee ᏎᏉᏯ (sequoya), earlier ᏍᏏᏉᏯ (ssiquoya); usually held to derive from ᏏᏆ ᎠᏯᎠ (siqua ayaa, literally “a beast (is) inside”).

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA^(key): /səˈkwɔɪə/, /səˈkɔɪə/, /sɪ-/
• Hyphenation: Se‧quo‧yah
• Rhymes: -ɔɪə

Proper noun

Sequoyah

1. Inventor of the syllabary for writing the Cherokee language, also known as George Guess.

Derived terms

• sequoia
• Sequoyah County

Translations

Inventor of the syllabary for writing Cherokee

• Cherokee: ᏍᏏᏉᏯ (ssiquoya)
• Navajo: Hastiin Sequoyah
• Polish: Sekwoja
• Russian: Секво́йя (Sekvójja)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: Секвоја

  Roman: Sekvoja

See also

• Sequoyah — Wikipedia