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
- Sequoia National Park, Sequoia National Forest, and Giant Sequoia National Monument, three publicly owned lands in the Sierra Nevadas with Giant Sequoia groves
- 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
- Specialized Sequoia, a touring bicycle
- Toyota Sequoia, a sport utility vehicle
- Several ships: see USS Sequoia
- Schools
- Sequoia High School in Redwood City, California.
- Sequoyah School
- Sequoia Middle School is the name of two middle schools, one in Newbury Park, California, and Sequoia Middle School (Redding) in Redding, California.
- Products, businesses and organizations
- Sequoyah Nuclear Generating Station
- Sequoia Capital, a venture capitalist firm
- Sequoia Group of Companies, a European corporate finance advisory and private equity firm
- Sequoia Voting Systems
- Sequoia Technologies as in [1]
- Sequoia Fund is an investment fund of Ruane, Cunniff & Goldfarb
- Sequoia was the development code name of Apple Computer's HFS Plus file system
- SequoiaView is a graphical disk usage visualizer for Windows from Technische Universiteit Eindhoven
- Sequoia Insurance Company is a California-based property-casualty insurance company [2]