Catawba
/kəˈtɔːbə/noun
A Native American people of the southeastern United States, their Siouan language, and a grape variety named after them.
Did you know?Catawba is an English rendering of a name for the Catawba people, and the grape variety was later named after them, showing how Indigenous names were turned into everyday labels.
Etymological Timeline
Pre-Columbian
Siouan
*catawba
“An Indigenous ethnonym for the Catawba people, exact original form uncertain”
17th Century
English
Catawba
“An English spelling used for the Catawba people and related places”
18th Century
English
Catawba
“A grape variety and regional names derived from the people-name”
Modern English
English
Catawba
“The name of a people, their language, places, and a grape cultivar”