seneca

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seneca - 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]

seneca - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  Seneca
      n 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

seneca - Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (26 May 2007) :

  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.
  

seneca - 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