Sequoyah

Se·quo·yah
S1E1Q10U1O1Y4A1H4
US/səˈkwɔɪə/US/səˈkɔɪə/US/sɪ-/

proper noun

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

OriginCherokee ᏎᏉᏯ →
UncommonScrabble 23
Ask AI about this wordChatGPTClaudePerplexityGoogle AIGrok

Meanings

proper noun

alternative Sequoya · alternative Ssiquoya

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

Origin

  1. CherokeeᏎᏉᏯ
  2. EnglishSequoyah

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

More words from Cherokee

Full word history & related roots →

Translations

Polish Sekwoja
  • SekwojaInventor of the syllabary for writing Cherokee
Russian Секво́йя
  • Секво́йя (Sekvójja)Inventor of the syllabary for writing Cherokee

Rhymes & wordplay

Rhymes with Sequoyah

paranoiachollametanoiamaranoiapronoia
All rhymes →
Cite this entry
APA

Sequoyah. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Sequoyah

MLA

“Sequoyah.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Sequoyah. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Sequoyah,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Sequoyah.

Source: Sequoyah on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.