catawba
/kəˈtɔ.bə/
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: 2.41 in modern English
14
Scrabble Score
7
Letters
3
Syllables
5
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
A red American dessert grape variety.
name
A river in North Carolina and South Carolina, United States.
noun
The catawba grape, a cultivar of North American Vitis labrusca.
noun
A light sparkling wine made from this kind of grape.
noun
Any of various species of America catalpa trees Catalpa especially (Catalpa bignonioides (southern catalpa) or Catalpa speciosa (northern catalpa).
noun
The catawba rhododendron (Rhododendron catawbiense).
Example Sentences
- "There was a Catawba brave who took some pottery [to another tribe] to trade for bows and arrows. This chief [of the other tribe] had a beautiful daughter, and the Catawba brave fell in love with her, and she likewise fell in love with him. When the Catawba brave left, she asked her father for a bow and arrow. She shot it in the air in the direction the brave went, and then she went to get it. She kept shooting it in the air until she caught up with him."
- "The basic material for sherry is a mixture or a blend of dry wines from Niagaras, Delawares, and Catawbas or other white juices, which are sweetened and fortified and then blended with California sherry."
- "Cornwallis finally moved after Morgan's men. Left behind to cover the fords and delay the British, North Carolina general William Lee Davidson and a few men were killed as the British poured across Cowan's Ford. Once the British crossed the Catawba, the Americans had to get past another river, the Yadkin beyond Salisbury."
Etymology
Word Breakdown
- Root: catawba
Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /kəˈtɔ.bə/
- British English: /kəˈtɔː.bə/
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