Catawba

American  

[kuh-taw-buh] / kəˈtɔ bə /

noun

1. a Siouan language of North and South Carolina.

2. a river flowing from W North Carolina into South Carolina, where it becomes the Wateree River.

3. Horticulture.

   1. a reddish variety of grape.

   2. the vine bearing this fruit, grown in the eastern U.S.

4. a light, dry, white wine made from this grape.

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Catawba British  

/ kəˈtɔːbə /

noun

1. a member of a North American Indian people, formerly of South Carolina, now almost extinct

2. their language, belonging to the Siouan family

3. a cultivated variety of red North American grape, widely grown in the eastern US

4. the wine made from these grapes

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Etymology

Origin of Catawba

1710–20, apparently ultimately < Catawba ( yį́ ) kátapu a village name, literally, (people of ) the fork; perhaps via Shawnee kata·pa