catawba

IPA: kʌtˈɔbʌ

Root Word: Catawba

noun

  • A member of a Native American people who inhabit the Carolinas: the Iswa.
  • (plural "Catawbas") A reddish American dessert grape.
  • The now-extinct language of this people.
  • A river in the Carolinas which rises in the Blue Ridge Mountains and flows approximately 220 miles (350 km) before joining the Wateree River and ultimately flowing into the Atlantic.
  • The catawba grape, a cultivar of North American Vitis labrusca.
  • A light sparkling wine made from this kind of grape.
  • Any of various species of America catalpa trees Catalpa especially (Catalpa bignonioides (southern catalpa) or Catalpa speciosa (northern catalpa).
  • The catawba rhododendron (Rhododendron catawbiense).
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Examples of "catawba" in Sentences

  • He played college football at Catawba.
  • Catawba has a post office with the zip code of 24070.
  • The tribe is now working to revive the Catawba language.
  • Catawba County's history is a history of spirited people.
  • In the 1740s, the Saponi migrated to live with the Catawba.
  • In the Battle of the Ponds, the militia routed the Catawba.
  • An effort is now being made to revive the Catawba language.
  • But at least some of the survivors found refuge with the Catawba.
  • In 1738, a small pox epidemic decimated both the Cheraws and the Catawbas.
  • As with the first army, the second depended heavily on the Yamasee and Catawba.

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