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name
A city, the county seat of Napa County, California, United States.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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name
A river in California, United States.
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name
A surname.
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name
Initialism of North American Phonetic Alphabet.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
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noun
Brassica rapa subsp. pekinensis, a kind of Chinese cabbage.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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noun
napa leather
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Usage: countable, uncountable
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noun
plant with an elongated head of broad stalked leaves resembling celery; used as a vegetable in east Asia
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: Chinese cabbage, celery cabbage, pe-tsai, Brassica rapa pekinensis
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Broader terms: crucifer, cruciferous plant
History
From Patwin napo (“homeland”).
From the regional and colloquial Japanese term 菜っ葉 (nappa, “leaves of any vegetable”).
From Napa, California, where the process of making napa leather was created.
