Meaning and Origin
What does the name Sequoia mean? Keep reading to find the user submitted meanings, dictionary definitions, and more.
Origin and Meaning of Sequoia
User Submitted Origins
Native American
80%
English
10%
Japanese
10%
User Submitted Meanings
- A user from the United States says the name Sequoia is of Native American origin and means "Strength".
International Interest
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Webster's Unabridged Dictionary
noun Se*quoi"a
A genus of coniferous trees, consisting of two species, Sequoia Washingtoniana, syn. S. gigantea, the “big tree” of California, and S. sempervirens, the redwood, both of which attain an immense height.
Etymology: NL. So called by Dr. Endlicher in honor of Sequoyah, who invented the Cherokee alphabet
Other Dictionary Sources
- Either of two huge coniferous California trees that reach a height of 300 feet; sometimes placed in the Taxodiaceae
Wiktionary
From Translingual Sequoia (“genus”).
- Sequoiadendron giganteum, a coniferous evergreen tree formerly in the genus Sequoia, now placed in Sequoiadendron.
- Sequoia sempervirens, a coniferous evergreen tree, the only living species of the genus Sequoia.
sequoia was also found in the following language(s): Italian and Portuguese