Sequoia

Sequoia or Sequoyah or Sequoya may refer to:

Biology

• Sequoioideae, a subfamily of the cypress family.
  • Sequoia (genus), a genus with one living and several fossil species.
    • Sequoia sempervirens, coast redwood.
  • Sequoiadendron giganteum, giant sequoia.
  • Metasequoia, dawn redwood.

Geography

• Canyon, California, formerly Sequoya
• Whitlow, California, formerly Sequoia
• Sequoyah, Oklahoma, small unincorporated community in northeastern Oklahoma
• Sequoia National Park, a national park in the southern Sierra Nevada in the United States of America
• Sequoia National Forest, in the southern Sierra Nevada mountains of California
• Sequoia Park Zoo, located in Eureka, California
• Giant Sequoia National Monument, in eastern central California
• Mount Sequoyah, mountain in the Great Smoky Mountains

History

• Sequoyah (1767–1843), inventor of the Cherokee syllabary
• State of Sequoyah, attempt in the early 20th century by Native Americans to form their own state

Vehicles

• Sequoia Falco, a light, acrobatic aircraft
• Toyota Sequoia, a sport utility vehicle
• USS Sequoia, more than one United States Navy ship
• USS Sequoyah (SP-426), a patrol boat in commission from 1917 to 1919

Education

• Sequoia High School (disambiguation), several schools
• Sequoyah High School (Georgia), public school in Canton, Georgia
• Sequoyah High School (Tahlequah, Oklahoma), high school and Native American boarding school in Tahlequah, Oklahoma
• Sequoyah High School (Claremore, Oklahoma), public school
• Sequoyah School, a non-profit, independent alternative school in Pasadena, California
• Sequoia Middle School (disambiguation), several schools
• Sequoyah Public Schools, independent school district in Sequoyah, Oklahoma
• Sequoia University, former American degree mill
• Sequoia Hall, home of the Statistics Department of Stanford University

Science and technology

• 1103 Sequoia, a minor planet
• Sequoia, the development code name of Apple Computer's HFS Plus file system
• IBM Sequoia, codename for IBM supercomputer
• MAGIX Sequoia, a digital audio workstation

Businesses and organizations

• Sequoyah Nuclear Generating Station, a nuclear power plant abutting Chickamauga Lake, on the Tennessee River
• Sequoia Capital, a venture capitalist firm
• Sequoia Hospital, Redwood City, California
• Sequoia Voting Systems, a California-based company that is one of the largest providers of electronic voting systems in the U.S.
• Sequoia Fund, a Ruane, Cunniff, and Goldfarb investment fund
• Sequoia Field, a public airport near Visalia, California
• Tour Sequoia, an office skyscraper in Paris, France

Media

• Sequoia Throne, a 2008 song by progressive metal band Protest the Hero
• Sequoia (comics), a Marvel Comics' character