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Definition of: Seneca
(sen′ə·kə) noun
One of a tribe of North American Indians of Iroquoian stock formerly inhabiting western New York, the largest tribe of the confederation known as the Five Nations: still numerous in New York and Ontario. [<Du. Sennacaas the Five Nations <Algonquian (Mohegan) A ‘sinnika, trans. of Iroquoian Oneñiute, short for oneñiute' roñ non Oneida, lit., people of the standing rock]
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