Etymology

Iswa

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Today it means: A Native American people who inhabit the Carolinas: the Catawba. Full definition →

Catawba ye
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  1. Catawba · borrowed fromye“people”
  2. English todayIswa

From the tribe's autonym, ye iswa (“people of the river”), from Catawba ye (“people”) + iswa (“river”).

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