Catawba

[ kuh-taw-buh ]

/ kəˈtɔ bə /

a Siouan language of North and South Carolina.

a river flowing from W North Carolina into South Carolina, where it becomes the Wateree River. Compare Wateree.

Horticulture.

a light, dry, white wine made from this grape.

Origin of Catawba

1710–20, Americanism; apparently ultimately < Catawba ( yį́) kátapu a village name, literally, (people of) the fork; perhaps via Shawnee kata·pa

The visionary behind it, Nicholas Longworth was convinced Catawba would become the greatest grape in America, possibly the world.

America’s First Great Wine…Made in 1842 |Jordan Salcito |November 23, 2013 |DAILY BEAST
We rode up and were presently shaking hands with our old-time ally, the Catawba.

The Master of Appleby |Francis Lynde
A seedling of Catawba and so similar to it that many consider them identical.

The Grapes of New York |U. P. Hedrick
Some years later, when he found this to be a mistake, he changed the name back to Catawba.

The Grapes of New York |U. P. Hedrick

Adlum maintained an experimental vineyard in the District of Columbia, whence in 1823 he began the distribution of the Catawba.

Manual of American Grape-Growing |U. P. Hedrick
From many points of view the Catawba is the most interesting of our American grapes.

The Grapes of New York |U. P. Hedrick

Catawba

/ (kəˈtɔːbə) /

plural -ba or -bas a member of a North American Indian people, formerly of South Carolina, now almost extinct

their language, belonging to the Siouan family

a cultivated variety of red North American grape, widely grown in the eastern US

the wine made from these grapes