"Sequoia" meaning in All languages combined

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Proper name [Translingual]

Etymology: New Latin, from Sequoyah (1760–1843), Cherokee man who invented a system of writing for his people's language, from Cherokee ᏍᏏᏉᏯ (ssiquoya), of unknown meaning and origin. An etymological study published in 2012, however, concluded that the name was more likely to have originated from the Latin sequi (“to follow”) since the number of seeds per cone in the newly classified genus fell in mathematical sequence with the other four genera in the suborder. Etymology templates: {{der|mul|la-new|-}} New Latin, {{der|mul|chr|ᏍᏏᏉᏯ}} Cherokee ᏍᏏᏉᏯ (ssiquoya), {{der|mul|la|sequi|t=to follow}} Latin sequi (“to follow”) Head templates: {{head|mul|proper noun|||g=f|g2=|head=Sequoia|nogendercat=1}} Sequoia f
  1. A taxonomic genus within the family Cupressaceae – redwoods. Wikipedia link: Sequoyah Tags: feminine Hyponyms (genus): Sequoia sempervirens (english: sole extant species) Derived forms: Sequoiadendron
    Sense id: en-Sequoia-mul-name-S9Jggg3d Categories (other): Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Translingual entries with incorrect language header, Pines, Taxonomic names (genus) Hypernyms (genus): Eukaryota (english: superkingdom), Plantae (english: kingdom), Viridiplantae (english: subkingdom), Streptophyta (english: infrakingdom), Embryophyta (english: superphylum), Tracheophyta (english: phylum), Spermatophytina (english: subphylum), Pinopsida (english: subfamily) [class], Pinidae (english: subclass), Pinales (english: order), Cupressaceae (english: family), Sequoioideae (english: subfamily)
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