How did the word sequoia come about?

Question

i am doing a research paper on that word "sequoia" i read about how it came about by this guy named sequoyah..but i need more facts.. does anyone know a site? that gives such information..thank you..

Answer 1

New Latin Sequoia, genus name, after Sequoya.

"Sequoya":
Also called George Guess.
Cherokee scholar who developed a system of transcribing the Cherokee language.
http://www.bartleby.com/61/77/S0277700.html

Here's a good deal of information on George Guess (or "Sequoya" in Cherokee):
http://xoomer.alice.it/vminerva/sequoya.htm

"He died in 1843 near the village of San Fernando. Sequoyah district of the Cherokee nation was named in his honor along with the great trees of California, the Sequoia gigantea. Had the Indian territory been admitted into the Union as a state indipendent of Oklahoma, there is little doubt that it would have borne Sequoyah's name."

Answer 2

I think your information is wrong, or just an assumption on your part, due to the fact that you have not reseaarched properly.

Dictionary Home > Library > Words > Dictionary se·quoi·a (sĭ-kwoi'ə)
n.
See redwood (sense 1).
Giant sequoia.
[New Latin Sequoia, genus name, after SEQUOYA.]



Sequoya, or George Guess, born. ca.1760, died Aug. 1843, buried in Zaragoza, Coahuila, Mexico

is credited with the invention of the Cherokee written language, the so-called talking leaves. As a young man he was a fine hunter, warrior, trader, and silver craftsman. An able linguist who learned French, Spanish, and English, he was determined to preserve Cherokee culture and was implacably opposed to American intrusions into his tribal lands. After continued white encroachments, however, Sequoya journeyed westward (1797), although he returned periodically to his homeland.

Recognizing the power of the written word, Sequoya developed a Cherokee syllabary of 86 symbols by adapting letters of the English alphabet to represent sounds in the Cherokee tongue. The generally accepted date for its completion is 1821, although Cherokee tradition dates the syllabary earlier. Although there is some question whether Sequoya was its inventor, he certainly popularized the syllabary, which led to the founding of the Cherokee Phoenix, a Cherokee language newspaper, on Feb. 21, 1828.

Answer 3

Sequoia is an Native American name for the giant Redwood Trees on the West Coast. It could also have been the name of a person in history, but I know it from the Redwood forests of California.

Google the word. Try California History or Audubon Society. Then you would have more credibility for your paper anyway. You didn't mention if it was a person or a tree that you wanted.

Good luck!

Answer 4

Sequoyah was a Cherokee scholar, born around 1770, who created the Cherokee alphabet that is still in use today. The trees of the genus "sequoia" were named after him (Sequoia sempervirens).

Answer 5

Theres a forest in Tulare County try the Tulare National forest web site sequoias are the largest trees on the entire planet theres probably somthing.