napa

[ nap-uh, nah-puh ]

/ ˈnæp ə, ˈnɑ pə /

noun

Chinese cabbage.

nappa.

Origin of napa

of undetermined orig.

Napa

[ nap-uh ]

/ ˈnæp ə /

noun

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

nappa

or na·pa

[ nap-uh, nah-puh ]

/ ˈnæp ə, ˈnɑ pə /

noun

a very soft glove leather made from the skin of a sheep, kid, or goat.

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Examples from the Web for napa

Seager emphasizes that 90 percent of the problems at Napa State are caused by 15 to 20 percent of the patients.
Inside a Hospital for the Criminally Insane|Caitlin Dickson|September 15, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Mondavi also realized the value of coaxing trophy names from Bordeaux into opening wineries in Napa.
Napa’s Earthquake Is Not The Only Thing Shaking The Vineyards|Clive Irving|August 31, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Nobody did more to establish Napa as a world player in serious wine than Robert Mondavi.
Napa’s Earthquake Is Not The Only Thing Shaking The Vineyards|Clive Irving|August 31, 2014|DAILY BEAST
But even without help from a restless tectonic plate, folks in the Napa Valley get easily agitated.
Napa’s Earthquake Is Not The Only Thing Shaking The Vineyards|Clive Irving|August 31, 2014|DAILY BEAST

Things never quite settled down and occasionally the earth still rocks, as it did in Napa a week ago.
Napa’s Earthquake Is Not The Only Thing Shaking The Vineyards|Clive Irving|August 31, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Napa Valley and its bounding hills were now utterly blotted out.
The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition|Robert Louis Stevenson
Napa valley and its bounding hills were now utterly blotted out.
The Silverado Squatters|Robert Louis Stevenson
Removed to Napa Valley in 1852, he died there nine years later.
Early Western Travels 1748-1846, Volume XX|Various
You mean the cow pony that came in with the bunch of cattle from the Napa Valley yesterday?
Down the Mother Lode|Vivia Hemphill
You know the island in the Napa River just above the railroad bridge?
In Macao|Charles A. Gunnison

British Dictionary definitions for napa

nappa

/ (ˈnæpə) /

noun

a soft leather, used in gloves and clothes, made from sheepskin, lambskin, or kid

Word Origin for nappa

C19: named after Napa, California, where it was originally made

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Word Origin and History for napa

Napa

California county noted for wines, perhaps from a Southern Patwin (Wiuntun) word meaning "homeland."

napa

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Napa

noun

nappa

or na·pa

noun

Examples from the Web for napa

nappa

noun

Word Origin for nappa

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