Catawba

Meanings

Noun

• A member of a Native American people who inhabit the Carolinas: the Iswa.
• A reddish American dessert grape.

Proper Noun

• The now-extinct language of this people.
• A river in the Carolinas which rises in the Blue Ridge Mountains and flows approximately 220 miles (350 km) before joining the Wateree River and ultimately flowing into the Atlantic. Image:Santeerivermap.png|thumb|The path of the Catawba river.

Related

Similar words

• Iswa, Issa, Esaw

Origin

• From catawba, as the tree was the people's totem.
• Image:Catawba_potter.jpg|thumb|A Catawba potter. The Catawba were well known for their pottery in the Carolinas.