Catawba

Ca·taw·ba ¹

 (kə-tô′bə)

n. pl. Catawba or Ca·taw·bas

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

2. The Siouan language of the Catawba.

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Ca·taw·ba ²

 (kə-tô′bə)

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)

npl -ba or -bas

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

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

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

4. (Brewing) the wine made from these grapes

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Ca•taw•ba

(kəˈtɔ bə)

n., pl. -bas, (esp. collectively) -ba for 1a.

1. a reddish variety of grape, grown in the eastern U.S.

2. a dry white wine made from this grape.

3. a member of an American Indian people who lived in the Catawba River valley of the Carolinas in the early 18th century.

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

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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

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