Catawba
[ kuh-taw-buh ]
/ kəˈtɔ bə /
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noun
a Siouan language of North and South Carolina.
a river flowing from W North Carolina into South Carolina, where it becomes the Wateree River.Compare Wateree.
Horticulture.
- a reddish variety of grape.
- the vine bearing this fruit, grown in the eastern U.S.
a light, dry, white wine made from this grape.
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Origin of Catawba
1710–20, Americanism; apparently ultimately <Catawba (yį́) kátapu a village name, literally, (people of) the fork; perhaps via Shawnee kata·pa
Words nearby Catawba
catastrophism, catastrophize, catatonia, catatonic, catawampus, Catawba, catbird, catbird seat, catboat, catbrier, cat-built
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British Dictionary definitions for Catawba
Catawba
/ (kəˈtɔːbə) /
noun
plural -ba or -bas a member of a North American Indian people, formerly of South Carolina, now almost extinct
their language, belonging to the Siouan family
a cultivated variety of red North American grape, widely grown in the eastern US
the wine made from these grapes
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