Catawba
pronunciation
How to pronounce Catawba in British English:
UK [kəˈtɔ:bə]
How to pronounce Catawba in American English:
US [kəˈtɔbə]
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- Noun:
- a member of the Siouan people formerly living in the Carolinas
- slip-skin reddish American table grape
- the Siouan language spoken by the Catawba people
Word Origin
- Catawba (n.)
- type of American grape, 1857, the name is that of a river in South Carolina, U.S., where the grape was found. The river is named for the Katahba Indian group and language (Siouan), from katapu "fork of a stream," itself a Muskogean loan-word.
Example
- 1. Catawba valley community college ( hickory )
- 2. North american indian people who inhabited the catawba river area in the carolinas .
- 3. System definition document : reactor data necessary for modeling plutonium disposition in catawba nuclear station units 1 and 2 .
- 4. Stout perennial herb of the eastern united states with whitish flowers ; leaves traditionally used by catawba indians to treat burns .
- 5. Some recent victims from the rich world have included catawba ( massachusetts ) , eyak ( alaska ) and livonian ( latvia ) .