Etymology

catawba

Ca·taw·ba
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Today it means: A member of a Native American people who inhabit the Carolinas: the Iswa. Full definition →

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catawba · noun1

  1. Catawba · borrowed fromcatawba“catalpa tree”
  2. English todaycatawba

From Catawba catawba (“catalpa tree”). See also catalpa.

Catawba · noun, proper noun2

From the noun catawba, as the tree was the people's totem.

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