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The language of the Eastern Siouan family spoken in eastern United States.
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A river in North Carolina and South Carolina, United States.
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noun
A member of a Native American people who inhabit the Carolinas: the Iswa.
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noun
A red American dessert grape variety.
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Qualifier: plural "Catawbas"
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The catawba grape, a cultivar of North American Vitis labrusca.
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A light sparkling wine made from this kind of grape.
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Any of various species of America catalpa trees Catalpa especially (Catalpa bignonioides (southern catalpa) or Catalpa speciosa (northern catalpa).
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The catawba rhododendron (Rhododendron catawbiense).
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noun
the Siouan language spoken by the Catawba
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Broader terms: Siouan, Siouan language
noun
slipskin grape; a reddish American table grape
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Broader terms: fox grape
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a member of the Siouan people formerly living in the Carolinas
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Broader terms: Sioux, Siouan
History
From the noun catawba, as the tree was the people's totem.
From Catawba catawba (“catalpa tree”). See also catalpa.
Across languages
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