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Catawba

/kəˈtɔbə/
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Other forms: Catawbas

Definitions of Catawba
  1. noun
    a member of the Siouan people formerly living in the Carolinas
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    Siouan, Sioux
    a member of a group of North American Indian peoples who spoke a Siouan language and who ranged from Lake Michigan to the Rocky Mountains
  2. noun
    the Siouan language spoken by the Catawba
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    Siouan, Siouan language
    a family of North American Indian languages spoken by the Sioux
  3. noun
    slipskin grape; a reddish American table grape
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    fox grape
    purplish-black wild grape of the eastern United States with tough skins that slip easily from the flesh; cultivated in many varieties
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