Catawba may refer to:
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Catawba people
The Catawba, also known as Issa, Essa or Iswä but most commonly ''Iswa'' ( Catawba: ), are a federally recognized tribe of Native Americans, known as the Catawba Indian Nation. Their current lands are in South Carolina, on the Catawba Ri ...
, a Native American tribe in the Carolinas
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Catawba language
Catawba () is one of two Eastern Siouan languages of the eastern US, which together with the Western Siouan languages formed the Siouan language family. The last native, fluent speaker of Catawba was Samuel Taylor Blue, who died in 1959.Thomas ...
, a language in the Catawban languages family
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Catawban languages
The Eastern Siouan branch consists of various historical languages spoken by Siouan peoples of the Appalachian Plateau and Piedmont regions of present-day Virginia and the Carolinas. These languages are sometimes collectively referred to as Cataw ...
Botany
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Catalpa
''Catalpa'' (, ), commonly also called catawba, is a genus of flowering plants in the family Bignoniaceae, native to warm temperate and subtropical regions of North America, the Caribbean, and East Asia.
Description
Most ''Catalpa'' are decidu ...
, a genus of trees, based on the name used by the Catawba and other Native American tribes
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Catawba (grape)
Catawba is a red American grape variety used for wine as well as juice, jams and Gelatin dessert, jellies. Grown predominantly on the East Coast of the United States, this purplish-red grape is a likely a hybrid of the native American ''Vitis la ...
, a variety of grape
*Catawba rhododendron (''
Rhododendron catawbiense''), a flowering shrub plant
Places in the United States
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Catawba, Missouri
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Catawba, North Carolina
Catawba is a town in Catawba County, North Carolina, United States. The population was 603 at the 2010 census. It is part of the Hickory– Lenoir– Morganton Metropolitan Statistical Area. As with the county, the name recalls the Cataw ...
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Catawba, Ohio
Catawba
is a village in Clark County, Ohio, United States. The population was 245 at the 2020 census. It is part of the Springfield, Ohio Metropolitan Statistical Area.
History
Catawba was laid out in 1838. The town was named for the Catawba ...
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Catawba Island Township, Ottawa County, Ohio
Catawba Island Township is one of the twelve townships of Ottawa County, Ohio, United States. The 2020 census found 3,711 people in the township.
Communities
Catawba Island is an unincorporated community located in the northern portion of the ...
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Catawba Island State Park, part of Lake Erie Islands State Park, Ohio
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Catawba, South Carolina
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Catawba, Virginia
Catawba is an Unincorporated area#United States, unincorporated community in the northern section of Roanoke County, Virginia, Roanoke County, Virginia, United States. Catawba occupies the Catawba Valley bound on the south by the north slope of ...
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Catawba, West Virginia
Catawba is an unincorporated community in Marion County, West Virginia, United States.
The community's name commemorates the Catawba people
The Catawba, also known as Issa, Essa or Iswä but most commonly ''Iswa'' ( Catawba: ), are a fe ...
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Catawba, Wisconsin
Catawba is a village in Price County, Wisconsin, United States. The population was 141 at the 2020 census. The village is located within the Town of Catawba.
Geography
Catawba is located at (45.535969, -90.530445).
According to the United St ...
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Catawba (town), Wisconsin
Catawba is a town in Price County, Wisconsin, United States. The population was 283 at the 2000 census. The Village of Catawba is located within the town.
Geography
According to the United States Census Bureau, the town has a total area of 50.0 ...
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Catawba County, North Carolina
Catawba County ( ) is a county in the U.S. state of North Carolina. As of the 2020 census, the population was 160,610. Its county seat is Newton, and its largest community is Hickory.
The county is part of the Hickory-Lenoir-Morganton, NC ...
*Catawba Mountain, see
Catawba, Virginia
Catawba is an Unincorporated area#United States, unincorporated community in the northern section of Roanoke County, Virginia, Roanoke County, Virginia, United States. Catawba occupies the Catawba Valley bound on the south by the north slope of ...
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Catawba River
The Catawba River is a major river located in the Southeastern United States. It originates in Western North Carolina and flows into South Carolina, where it later becomes known as the Wateree River. The river is approximately 220 miles (350&nbs ...
*Catawba Valley, see
Catawba, Virginia
Catawba is an Unincorporated area#United States, unincorporated community in the northern section of Roanoke County, Virginia, Roanoke County, Virginia, United States. Catawba occupies the Catawba Valley bound on the south by the north slope of ...
Other
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USS ''Catawba'', the name of an ironclad and several United States Navy tugs
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Catawba College
Catawba College is a private college in Salisbury, North Carolina. Founded in 1851 by the North Carolina Classis of the Reformed Church in Newton, the college adopted its name from its county of origin, Catawba County, before moving to its c ...
, Salisbury, North Carolina
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Catawba Nuclear Station
The Catawba Nuclear Station is a nuclear power plant located on a peninsula, called "Concord Peninsula", that reaches out into Lake Wylie, in York, South Carolina, US. Catawba utilizes a pair of Westinghouse four-loop pressurized water reactor ...
, near Rock Hill, South Carolina
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Catawba Two Kings Casino
Catawba Two Kings Casino is a tribal casino in Kings Mountain, North Carolina, overlooking Interstate 85, approximately west of Charlotte. The casino is owned by the Catawba Indian Nation, in partnership with Delaware North, which has been s ...
, Kings Mountain, North Carolina
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Camp Catawba
Camp Catawba was a summer camp for boys near the town of Blowing Rock in the Blue Ridge Mountains of North Carolina. It was established in 1944 by Vera Lachmann (1904–1985), a poet, classicist and educator who emigrated from Germany in 1939. ...
, a former boys' camp in the Blue Ridge Mountains of North Carolina
*Catawba worm, the larval stage of the ''
Ceratomia catalpae
''Ceratomia catalpae'', the catalpa sphinx, is a hawk moth of the family Sphingidae. The species was first described by Jean Baptiste Boisduval in 1875. Other common names are the Catawba worm, or Catalpa sphinx.
Range
''Ceratomia catalpae'' ...
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*''Catawba Hospital'', a mental health facility in
Catawba, Virginia
Catawba is an Unincorporated area#United States, unincorporated community in the northern section of Roanoke County, Virginia, Roanoke County, Virginia, United States. Catawba occupies the Catawba Valley bound on the south by the north slope of ...
*Catawba, a fictional state in Thomas Wolfe's ''
Look Homeward, Angel
''Look Homeward, Angel: A Story of the Buried Life'' is a 1929 novel by Thomas Wolfe. It is Wolfe's first novel, and is considered a highly autobiographical American coming-of-age story. The character of Eugene Gant is generally believed to be ...
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