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Wordnet 3.0
NOUN (3)
1. Roman statesman and philosopher who was an advisor to Nero; his nine extant tragedies are modeled on Greek tragedies (circa 4 BC - 65 AD);
[syn: Seneca, Lucius Annaeus Seneca]
2. a member of the Iroquoian people formerly living in New York State south of Lake Ontario;
3. the Iroquoian language spoken by the Seneca;
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Senecas \Sen"e*cas\, n. pl.; sing. Seneca. (Ethnol.) A tribe of Indians who formerly inhabited a part of Western New York. This tribe was the most numerous and most warlike of the Five Nations. [1913 Webster] Seneca grass(Bot.), holy grass. See under Holy. Seneca eil, petroleum or naphtha. Seneca root, or Seneca snakeroot (Bot.), the rootstock of an American species of milkworth (Polygala Senega) having an aromatic but bitter taste. It is often used medicinally as an expectorant and diuretic, and, in large doses, as an emetic and cathartic. [Written also Senega root, and Seneka root.] [1913 Webster]The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (17 December 2009):
Oberon-V Seneca (Formerly Seneca). R. Griesemer, 1990. Descendant of Oberon designed for numerical applications on supercomputers, especially vector or pipelined architectures. Includes array constructors and an ALL statement. "Seneca - A Language for Numerical Applications on Vectorcomputers", Proc CONPAR 90 - VAPP IV Conf. R. Griesemer, Diss Nr. 10277, ETH Zurich.U.S. Gazetteer (1990):
Seneca, IL (village, FIPS 68640) Location: 41.30337 N, 88.61352 W Population (1990): 1878 (685 housing units) Area: 7.7 sq km (land), 0.2 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 61360 Seneca, KS (city, FIPS 63950) Location: 39.83570 N, 96.06578 W Population (1990): 2027 (944 housing units) Area: 3.2 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Seneca, MO (city, FIPS 66674) Location: 36.83788 N, 94.60849 W Population (1990): 1885 (831 housing units) Area: 4.5 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 64865 Seneca, NE (village, FIPS 44385) Location: 42.04272 N, 100.83134 W Population (1990): 78 (44 housing units) Area: 0.3 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 69161 Seneca, NM Zip code(s): 88437 Seneca, OR (city, FIPS 66200) Location: 44.13470 N, 118.97564 W Population (1990): 191 (121 housing units) Area: 2.2 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 97873 Seneca, PA (CDP, FIPS 69272) Location: 41.37574 N, 79.70553 W Population (1990): 1029 (423 housing units) Area: 5.8 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 16346 Seneca, SC (town, FIPS 65095) Location: 34.68613 N, 82.95782 W Population (1990): 7726 (3367 housing units) Area: 16.4 sq km (land), 0.1 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 29678 Seneca, SD (town, FIPS 58180) Location: 45.06097 N, 99.50808 W Population (1990): 81 (45 housing units) Area: 1.1 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 57473
