Catawba

Ca·taw·ba ¹  (k-tôb)

n. pl. Catawba or Ca·taw·bas

1.

a. A Native American people formerly inhabiting territory along the Catawba River in North and South Carolina and now located in western South Carolina.

b. A member of this people.

2. The Siouan language of the Catawba.

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Ca·taw·ba ²  (k-tôb)

n.

1. A reddish North American grape developed from the fox grape.

2. Wine made from this grape.

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[After the Catawba (River).]

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Catawba [kəˈtɔːbə]

n

1. (Social Science / Peoples) pl -ba, -bas a member of a North American Indian people, formerly of South Carolina, now almost extinct

2. (Linguistics / Languages) their language, belonging to the Siouan family

3. (Miscellaneous Technologies / Brewing) a cultivated variety of red North American grape, widely grown in the eastern US

4. (Miscellaneous Technologies / Brewing) the wine made from these grapes

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	Catawba - a member of the Siouan people formerly living in the Carolinas Siouan, Sioux - a member of a group of North American Indian peoples who spoke a Siouan language and who ranged from Lake Michigan to the Rocky Mountains
	2.	Catawba - slipskin grape; a reddish American table grape fox grape - purplish-black wild grape of the eastern United States with tough skins that slip easily from the flesh; cultivated in many varieties
	3.	Catawba - the Siouan language spoken by the Catawba Siouan language, Siouan - a family of North American Indian languages spoken by the Sioux