Sequoia (disambiguation)

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Sequoia or Sequoyah is the name of:

In biology

• Sequoia (Coast Redwood), Sequoiadendron (Giant Sequoia), and Metasequoia, three genera of tree comprising the subfamily Sequoioideae in the family Cupressaceae

In geography

• Sequoyah, Oklahoma, a small unincorporated community in northeastern Oklahoma
• Sequoia National Park, Sequoia National Forest, and Giant Sequoia National Monument, three publicly owned lands in the Sierra Nevadas with Giant Sequoia groves
• Mount Sequoyah, a mountain in the Great Smoky Mountains

In history

• Sequoyah, inventor of the Cherokee syllabary
• State of Sequoyah, an attempt in the early 20th century by Native Americans to form their own state

Vehicles

• Toyota Sequoia, a sport utility vehicle
• Several ships: see USS Sequoia

Education

• Sequoia High School in Redwood City, California
• Sequoyah High School is a public school in Hickory Flat, Georgia
• Sequoyah School
• Sequoia Middle School, the name of two middle schools, one in Newbury Park, California, and Sequoia Middle School in Redding, California
• Sequoyah Public Schools, an independent school district in Sequoyah, Oklahoma
• Sequoia University, a former American degree mill

Products, businesses and organizations

• Sequoyah Nuclear Generating Station
• Sequoia Capital, a venture capitalist firm
• Sequoia Voting Systems
• Sequoia Fund, an investment fund of Ruane, Cunniff & Goldfarb
• Sequoia, the development code name of Apple Computer's HFS Plus file system