Sequoya
or Se·quoy·ah
[ si-kwoi-uh ]
/ sɪˈkwɔɪ ə /
noun
1770?–1843,
Cherokee Indian scholar: inventor of a syllabary for writing Cherokee.
Example sentences from the Web for sequoyah
No one in Washington listened, and Sequoyah was swamped by the establishment of Oklahoma in 1907.
The syllabic alphabet invented in 1821 by George Guess (Sequoyah) is the character employed.
It is said by some that Sequoyah, the inventor of the “Cherokee alphabet,” had for father a German settler.