sequoia

From translingual Sequoia.

• (UK) IPA^(key): /səˈkwɔɪ.ə/

  • Audio (Southern England):

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• (US) IPA^(key): /sɪˈkwɔɪ.ə/
• Rhymes: -ɔɪ.ə
• Hyphenation: se‧quoi‧a

sequoia (plural sequoias)

1. Sequoiadendron giganteum, a coniferous evergreen tree formerly in the genus Sequoia, now placed in Sequoiadendron.
2. Sequoia sempervirens, a coniferous evergreen tree, the only living species of the genus Sequoia.

• (Sequoiadendron giganteum): giant sequoia, Sierra redwood
• (Sequoia sempervirens): redwood (in California), coast redwood, California redwood

• Sequoiadendron giganteum on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Sequoiadendron giganteum on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Category:Sequoiadendron giganteum on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
• Sequoia sempervirens on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Sequoia sempervirens on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Category:Sequoia sempervirens on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons

Borrowed from English sequoia, named after Cherokee polymath Sequoyah.

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [səˈkwɔ.jə]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [seˈkwɔ.ja]

sequoia f (plural sequoies)

1. coast redwood (Sequoia sempervirens)
2. giant sequoia (Sequoiadendron giganteum)

   Synonyms: sequoia gegant, sequoia vermella

• “sequoia”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007

• IPA^(key): /seˈkwɔ.ja/^[1]
• Rhymes: -ɔja
• Hyphenation: se‧quò‧ia

sequoia f (plural sequoie)

1. sequoia (“tree”)

• sequóia (pre-1990 spelling)
  • seqüóia (misspelling)

• Rhymes: -ɔjɐ
• Hyphenation: se‧quoi‧a

sequoia f (plural sequoias)

1. sequoia; redwood (Sequoia sempervirens, a very large coniferous tree of North America)

   Synonym: wellingtónia

For the pronunciation with /k/ instead of /kw/, in contradiction with the word’s spelling, compare ventríloquo.

Borrowed from translingual Sequoia.

sequoia m (plural sequoia)

1. sequoia