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WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024Ca•taw•ba (kə tô′bə),USA pronunciation n. - a Siouan language of North and South Carolina.
- a river flowing from W North Carolina into South Carolina, where it becomes the Wateree River. Cf. Wateree.
- [Hort.]
- a reddish variety of grape.
- the vine bearing this fruit, grown in the eastern U.S.
- a light, dry, white wine made from this grape.
- Catawba (yį) kátapu a village name, literally, (people of ) the fork; perh. via Shawnee kata·pa
- apparently ultimately 1710–20, American.
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