CATAWBA

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Catawba mean? 

• CATAWBA (noun)
  The noun CATAWBA has 3 senses:

1. a member of the Siouan people formerly living in the Carolinas

2. slipskin grape; a reddish American table grape

3. the Siouan language spoken by the Catawba

  Familiarity information: CATAWBA used as a noun is uncommon.

 Dictionary entry details 

• CATAWBA (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A member of the Siouan people formerly living in the Carolinas

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Hypernyms ("Catawba" is a kind of...):

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)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Slipskin grape; a reddish American table grape

Classified under:

Nouns denoting foods and drinks

Hypernyms ("Catawba" is a kind of...):

fox grape (purplish-black wild grape of the eastern United States with tough skins that slip easily from the flesh; cultivated in many varieties)

Sense 3

Meaning:

The Siouan language spoken by the Catawba

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Hypernyms ("Catawba" is a kind of...):

Siouan; Siouan language (a family of North American Indian languages spoken by the Sioux)