name
Sequoyah
sih-KWOY-uh
/sɪˈkwɔɪə/Listen
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Syllable breakdown
Sequoyah
Name meaning and origin
- Origin
- Native American (Cherokee)
- Meaning
- Named after the great Cherokee scholar who created the Cherokee syllabary.
- Gender
- male
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