Main Entry: Ca·taw·ba

Pronunciation: \kə-ˈtȯ-bə\

Function: 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