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Sequoia, Sequoya or Sequoyah refers to a type of tree in the cypress family which includes the redwood trees. By extension the name may refer to:


Science and technology


Biology

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Sequoioideae Sequoioideae, commonly referred to as redwoods, is a subfamily of coniferous trees within the family Cupressaceae, that range in the northern hemisphere. It includes the largest and tallest trees in the world. The trees in the subfamily are ...
, a three-genus subfamily of the cypress family ** ''Sequoia'' (genus), a genus with one living and several fossil species *** ''
Sequoia sempervirens ''Sequoia sempervirens'' ()''Sunset Western Garden Book,'' 1995: 606–607 is the sole living species of the genus ''Sequoia (genus), Sequoia'' in the cypress family Cupressaceae (formerly treated in Taxodiaceae). Common names include coast ...
'', coast redwood, found along the coast of California and Oregon ** ''
Sequoiadendron giganteum ''Sequoiadendron giganteum'' (also known as the giant sequoia, giant redwood, Sierra redwood or Wellingtonia) is a species of coniferous tree, classified in the family Cupressaceae in the subfamily Sequoioideae. Giant sequoia specimens are the la ...
'' (giant sequoia), the sequoia tree found on the slopes of the Sierra Nevada of California ** '' Metasequoia'', dawn redwood * The Great Sequoia, a sequoia tree in Vitoria-Gasteiz, Basque Country, Spain


Other science and technology

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macOS Sequoia macOS Sequoia (version 15) is the twenty-first and current major release of Apple Inc., Apple's macOS operating system, the successor to macOS Sonoma. It was announced at Worldwide Developers Conference#2024, WWDC 2024 on June 10, 2024. In li ...
, an Apple computer operating system version (2024) * 1103 Sequoia, a minor planet * Sequoia (supercomputer), an IBM supercomputer at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, US *
HFS Plus HFS Plus or HFS+ (also known as Mac OS Extended or HFS Extended) is a journaling file system developed by Apple Inc. It replaced the Hierarchical File System (HFS) as the primary file system of Apple computers with the 1998 release of Mac OS 8. ...
, an Apple file system codenamed Sequoia


Arts and entertainment

* '' Old Sequoia'', a 1945 American animated short film directed by Jack King * ''Sequoia'' (1934 film), an American drama film * ''Sequoia'' (2014 film), an American comedy film *
Sequoia (comics) The Cotati () are a fictional alien race appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. They are a highly intelligent species of telepathic plants. Publication history The Cotati first appeared in '' The Avengers'' #133 (March 19 ...
, a Marvel Comics character * ''Sequoia'' (composition), by American composer Joan Tower * "Sequoia", a song by Way Out West from '' Way Out West'' * ''Sequoya'' (Ream), a bronze sculpture * ''Sequoya'' (St. John's University's Literary Magazine)


Places


United States

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State of Sequoyah The State of Sequoyah was a proposed U.S. state, state to be established from the Indian Territory in Eastern Oklahoma, eastern present-day Oklahoma. In 1905, with the end of tribal governments looming, Five Civilized Tribes, Native Americans (th ...
, an attempt in the early 20th century by Native Americans to form their own state * Canyon, California, formerly Sequoya * Mount Sequoyah, Great Smoky Mountains * Sequoia Hall, home of the Statistics Department of Stanford University * Sequoia Hospital, Redwood City, California *
Sequoia National Park Sequoia National Park is a List of national parks of the United States, national park of the United States in the southern Sierra Nevada (U.S.), Sierra Nevada east of Visalia, California. The park was established on September 25, 1890, and toda ...
, a national park in the southern Sierra Nevada, California ** Sequoia National Forest, adjacent to the Sequoia National Park ***
Giant Sequoia National Monument The Giant Sequoia National Monument is a U.S. National Monument located in the southern Sierra Nevada (U.S.), Sierra Nevada in eastern central California. It is administered by the United States Forest Service, U.S. Forest Service as part of th ...
, monument administered as part of the National Forest * Sequoia Park Zoo, in Eureka, California *
Sequoyah County, Oklahoma Sequoyah County is a County (United States), county located in the U.S. state of Oklahoma. As of the 2020 United States census, 2020 census, the population was 39,281. The county seat is Sallisaw, Oklahoma, Sallisaw. Sequoyah County was created ...
, a county in mid-eastern Oklahoma bordering Arkansas * Sequoyah Nuclear Plant, Tennessee * Sequoyah, Oklahoma, an unincorporated community in northeastern Oklahoma


Elsewhere

* Tour Sequoia, an office skyscraper in Paris, France


Schools

* Sequoia Middle School (disambiguation), several schools * Sequoia High School (disambiguation), several schools * Sequoyah High School (Georgia), public school in Canton, Georgia * Sequoyah High School (Claremore, Oklahoma), public school * Sequoyah High School (Tahlequah, Oklahoma), high school and Native American boarding school * Sequoyah School, a non-profit, independent alternative school in Pasadena, California * Sequoia University, a defunct Los Angeles diploma mill


Companies

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Sequoia Capital Sequoia Capital Operations, LLC is an American venture capital firm headquartered in Menlo Park, California, specializing in seed stage, early stage, and growth stage investments in private companies across technology sectors. the firm had appro ...
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Sequoia Voting Systems Sequoia Voting Systems was a California-based company that was one of the largest providers of electronic voting systems in the U.S., having offices in Oakland, Denver and New York City. Some of its major competitors were Premier Election Solution ...
, a California company that provides electronic voting systems * Sequoia Fund, a Ruane, Cunniff & Goldfarb investment fund


Transport

* Piper Sequoya, a variant of the Piper Aerostar, a light twin-engine utility aircraft *
Sequoia Falco The Falco F8L is an Italy, Italian-designed lightweight 2-seater aerobatics, aerobatic aircraft.Purdy, Don: ''AeroCrafter - Homebuilt Aircraft Sourcebook, Fifth Edition'', page 251. BAI Communications, 15 July 1998. Design and development The ...
, a light, acrobatic aircraft * Sequoia Field Airport, near Visalia, California, US *
Toyota Sequoia The Toyota Sequoia is a full-size SUV manufactured by Toyota mainly for the North American market since 2000 for the 2001 model year, being derived from the Toyota Tundra, Tundra pickup truck. It is the second largest SUV ever produced under th ...
, a sport utility vehicle * USS ''Sequoia'', several US Navy ships ** USS ''Sequoia'' (presidential yacht), U.S. presidential yacht * USS ''Sequoyah'' (SP-426), a patrol boat in commission from 1917 to 1919


People

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Sequoyah Sequoyah ( ; , , or , , ; 1770 – August 1843), also known as George Gist or George Guess, was a Native American polymath and Constructed script, neographer of the Cherokee Nation. In 1821, Sequoyah completed his Cherokee syllabary, enabl ...
(1767–1843), American Indian silversmith and inventor of the Cherokee syllabary * Johnny Sequoyah (born 2002), American actress * Sequoia Holmes, American basketball player * Sequoia Nagamatsu, American writer and professor * Billy Ray Waldon, also known as Nvwtohiyada Idehesdi Sequoyah (born 1952), American former fugitive, American Indian Movement activist, and Esperantist


Other uses

* Sequoyah (horse), Irish Thoroughbred racehorse * Secoya (disambiguation) {{Disambiguation, geo, plant