napa

¹

[ nap-uh, nah-puh ]

noun

1. Chinese cabbage.
2. nappa.

Napa

²

[ nap-uh ]

noun

1. a city in W California: center of wine-producing region.

Word History and Origins

Origin of napa¹

First recorded in 1895–1900 napa fordef 2, and in 1935–40 napa fordef 1; of undetermined origin

Example Sentences

Napa is perhaps the most tender of the commonly available cabbages, making it an excellent choice for salads and other raw preparations.

From Washington Post

So think of like Sonoma and Napa, cell connectivity is actually is really bad, because of the rolling hills.

From TechCrunch

In Napa, the now-mostly contained fires were in the Vaca Mountains on the remote east side of the valley.

From Fortune

Temperatures have soared to records from Napa to Los Angeles.

From Fortune

After Napa’s Tubbs fire in 2017, insurance companies started dropping us.

From Outside Online

Another Napa State doctor, who spoke to The Daily Beast on the condition of anonymity, agrees.

From The Daily Beast

Seager emphasizes that 90 percent of the problems at Napa State are caused by 15 to 20 percent of the patients.

From The Daily Beast

Mondavi also realized the value of coaxing trophy names from Bordeaux into opening wineries in Napa.

From The Daily Beast

Nobody did more to establish Napa as a world player in serious wine than Robert Mondavi.

From The Daily Beast

But even without help from a restless tectonic plate, folks in the Napa Valley get easily agitated.

From The Daily Beast

In 1848 he returned to California, where he was a member from Napa of the constitutional convention of 1849.

From Project Gutenberg

The Mayacomas dwelt in the vicinity of the hot springs in the upper end of Napa Valley.

From Project Gutenberg

This year we went out to Napa Valley with a friend, who drove us all over the valley.

From Project Gutenberg

They passed over a portion of the fertile Napa Valley and then crossed the coast range at an altitude of about five thousand feet.

From Project Gutenberg

En la Argentina, antes de llegar a la napa de petrleo se descubri una zona que produce enormes cantidades de gas.

From Project Gutenberg