n.
Pronunciation: k ə - ' to ̇ -b ə
Function: noun
Etymology: probably ultimately from Catawba (Sp 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 No. Carolina and So. Carolina
2 : the language of the Catawba people
3 : any of various wines produced from a pale red native American grape