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

  • Sequoioideae, a three-genus subfamily of the cypress family
  • Sequoia (genus), a genus with one living and several fossil species
  • Sequoia sempervirens, coast redwood, found along the coast of California and Oregon
  • Sequoiadendron giganteum (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

  • macOS Sequoia, 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, 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), 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

  • State of Sequoyah, 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, a national park in the southern Sierra Nevada, California
  • Sequoia National Forest, adjacent to the Sequoia National Park
  • Giant Sequoia National Monument, monument administered as part of the National Forest
  • Sequoia Park Zoo, in Eureka, California
  • Sequoyah County, Oklahoma, 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

  • Sequoia Capital, a venture capital firm
  • Sequoia Voting Systems, a California company that provides electronic voting systems
  • Sequoia Fund, a Ruane, Cunniff & Goldfarb investment fund
  • Sequoia -- Managed Benefits solution for employers

Transport

  • Piper Sequoya, a variant of the Piper Aerostar, a light twin-engine utility aircraft
  • Sequoia Falco, a light, acrobatic aircraft
  • Sequoia Field Airport, near Visalia, California, US
  • Toyota Sequoia, 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

  • Sequoyah (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)