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catawba

Syllables: Ca·taw·baUK/kəˈtɔː.bə/US/kəˈtɔ.bə/

catawba noun: the catawba grape, a cultivar of North American Vitis labrusca.

catawba: the catawba grape, a cultivar of North American Vitis labrusca
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Noun (1)

catawba (plural catawbas)

  1. The catawba grape, a cultivar of North American Vitis labrusca.
  2. A light sparkling wine made from this kind of grape.
  3. Any of various species of America catalpa trees Catalpa especially (Catalpa bignonioides (southern catalpa) or Catalpa speciosa (northern catalpa).
  4. The catawba rhododendron (Rhododendron catawbiense).

Noun (2) capitalized: Catawba

Catawba (plural Catawbas or Catawba)

  1. A member of a Native American people who inhabit the Carolinas: the Iswa.
    • There was a Catawba brave who took some pottery [to another tribe] to trade for bows and arrows. This chief [of the other tribe] had a beautiful daughter, and the Catawba brave fell in love with her, and she likewise fell in love with him. When the Catawba brave left, she asked her father for a bow...1970, Charles M. Hudson, The Catawba Nation
  2. (plural "Catawbas") A red American dessert grape variety.
    • The basic material for sherry is a mixture or a blend of dry wines from Niagaras, Delawares, and Catawbas or other white juices, which are sweetened and fortified and then blended with California sherry.1950, Peter John Valaer, Wines of the world

Proper noun capitalized: Catawba

Catawba

  1. The language of the Eastern Siouan family spoken in eastern United States.
  2. A river in North Carolina and South Carolina, United States.
    • Cornwallis finally moved after Morgan's men. Left behind to cover the fords and delay the British, North Carolina general William Lee Davidson and a few men were killed as the British poured across Cowan's Ford. Once the British crossed the Catawba, the Americans had to get past another river, the...1998, Lawrence E. Babits, A Devil of a Whipping: The Battle of Cowpens

catawba meaning in Tamil

catawba in Tamil

அமெரிக்கக் கொடிமுந்திரிப் பழவகை

Synonyms of catawba

Forms of catawba

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Origin of catawba

From Catawba catawba (“catalpa tree”). See also catalpa.

From the noun catawba, as the tree was the people's totem.

Words formed from catawba

Questions about catawba

What does catawba mean?
Catawba means the catawba grape, a cultivar of North American Vitis labrusca.
What is catawba in Tamil?
Catawba in Tamil is அமெரிக்கக் கொடிமுந்திரிப் பழவகை. See Catawba meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is catawba?
Catawba can be a noun or a proper noun.
How do you pronounce catawba?
Catawba is pronounced /kəˈtɔ.bə/ (US).
What is the plural of catawba?
The plural of catawba is catawbas.

Words near catawba in the dictionary

  1. catawamptious
  2. catawamptiously
  3. catawampus
  4. catawampuses
  5. catawampusly
  6. catawba
  7. Catawba County
  8. Catawban
  9. Catawbans
  10. catawbas
  11. Catawishi

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