Catawba may refer to: *

Catawba people The Catawba, also known as Issa, Essa or Iswä but most commonly ''Iswa'' (Catawba: '' Ye Iswąˀ'' – "people of the river"), are a federally recognized tribe of Native Americans, known as the Catawba Indian Nation. Their current lands ar ...

, a Native American tribe in the Carolinas *

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 Siouan or Siouan–Catawban is a language family of North America that is located primarily ...

, a language in the Catawban languages family *

Catawban languages The Catawban, or Eastern Siouan, languages form a small language family in east North America. The Catawban family is a branch of the larger Siouan a.k.a. Siouan–Catawban family. Family division The Catawban family consists of two languages: ...

Botany

Catalpa ''Catalpa'', commonly called catalpa or 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 deci ...

, a genus of trees, based on the name used by the Catawba and other Native American tribes * Catawba (grape), a variety of grape *Catawba rhododendron ('' Rhododendron catawbiense''), a flowering shrub plant

Places in the United States

Catawba, Missouri Catawba is an unincorporated community in Caldwell County, in the U.S. state of Missouri. History Catawba was laid out in 1884, and named for a grove of catalpa ''Catalpa'', commonly called catalpa or catawba, is a genus of flowering plants i ...

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 Catawba ...

Catawba, Ohio Catawba is a village in Clark County, Ohio, United States. The population was 272 at the 2010 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 p ...

Catawba Island Township, Ottawa County, Ohio Catawba Island Township is one of the twelve townships of Ottawa County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 3,157 people in the township. Communities Catawba Island is an affluent unincorporated community located in the northern portion ...

* Catawba Island State Park, part of Lake Erie Islands State Park, Ohio * Catawba, South Carolina *

Catawba, Virginia Catawba is an unincorporated community in the northern section of Roanoke County, Virginia, United States. Catawba occupies the Catawba Valley bound on the south by the north slope of Catawba Mountain and on the north by several mountains which ...

* Catawba, West Virginia *

Catawba, Wisconsin Catawba is a village in Price County, Wisconsin, United States. The population was 110 at the 2010 census. The village is located within the Town of Catawba. Geography Catawba is located at (45.535969, -90.530445). According to the United Sta ...

* Catawba (town), Wisconsin *

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 city is Hickory. The county is part of the Hickory– Lenoir– Morganton, NC Metr ...

* Catawba Mountain, see

Catawba River The Catawba River 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 km) long. It rises in the Appalachian Mountains and drains in ...

* Catawba Valley, see

Other

* USS ''Catawba'', the name of an ironclad and several United States Navy tugs *

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 ...

, Salisbury, North Carolina * Catawba Nuclear Station, near Rock Hill, South Carolina * Camp Catawba, 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. Range ''Ceratomia catalpae'' is a native of southeastern North America and can be located ...

'' moth *''Catawba Hospital'', a mental health facility in

*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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