Catawba

Catawba
I. noun Etymology: probably ultimately from Catawba (Spanish spelling) Catapa, Cataba, name of a 16th century Catawba town Date: 1715 1. plural Catawba or Catawbas a member of an American Indian people of North Carolina and South Carolina 2. the language of the Catawba people 3. any of various wines produced from a pale red native American grape II. geographical name river 250 miles (402 kilometers) flowing S from W North Carolina into South Carolina — see Wateree

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  • Catawba — 1913 Catawba Die ursprünglichen Catawba (Eigenname Iy …   Deutsch Wikipedia

  • Catawba — Catawba, NC U.S. town in North Carolina Population (2000): 698 Housing Units (2000): 285 Land area (2000): 2.286211 sq. miles (5.921259 sq. km) Water area (2000): 0.056293 sq. miles (0.145799 sq. km) Total area (2000): 2.342504 sq. miles… …   StarDict's U.S. Gazetteer Places

  • Catawba, NC — U.S. town in North Carolina Population (2000): 698 Housing Units (2000): 285 Land area (2000): 2.286211 sq. miles (5.921259 sq. km) Water area (2000): 0.056293 sq. miles (0.145799 sq. km) Total area (2000): 2.342504 sq. miles (6.067058 sq. km)… …   StarDict's U.S. Gazetteer Places

  • Catawba, OH — U.S. village in Ohio Population (2000): 312 Housing Units (2000): 112 Land area (2000): 0.255479 sq. miles (0.661688 sq. km) Water area (2000): 0.000000 sq. miles (0.000000 sq. km) Total area (2000): 0.255479 sq. miles (0.661688 sq. km) FIPS code …   StarDict's U.S. Gazetteer Places

  • Catawba, WI — U.S. village in Wisconsin Population (2000): 149 Housing Units (2000): 79 Land area (2000): 4.455550 sq. miles (11.539820 sq. km) Water area (2000): 0.000000 sq. miles (0.000000 sq. km) Total area (2000): 4.455550 sq. miles (11.539820 sq. km)… …   StarDict's U.S. Gazetteer Places

  • Catawba — Ca*taw ba, n. 1. A well known light red variety of American grape. [1913 Webster] 2. A light colored, sprightly American wine from the Catawba grape. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Catawba —   [kə tɔːbə], Indianerstamm in South Carolina, USA. Sie kämpften aufseiten der Engländer (1711) und im Yamassee War (1715) gegen diese. Durch eine Niederlage gegen die Seneca der Irokesenliga (1737) und eine nachfolgende Pockenepidemie wurden sie …   Universal-Lexikon

  • Catawba — [kə tô′bə, kətä′bə] n. [Shawnee kataapa < Catawba (yín ) kátapu, village name, lit., (people of) the fork] 1. a member of a North American Indian people now living in N South Carolina 2. the Siouan language of this people 3. [often c ] a) a… …   English World dictionary

  • Catawba — (spr. Katauwa), 1) Fluß in den Staaten Nord u. Süd Carolina (Vereinigte Staaten von Nordamerika), entspringt auf der Blue Ridge in der Grafschaft Burke in Nord Carolina, nimmt bei Rocky Mount den Namen Wateree an u. vereinigt sich nach einem… …   Pierer's Universal-Lexikon

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