Iswa

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    A Native American people who inhabit the Carolinas: the Catawba. plural, plural-only

Synonyms

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catawbacatawbaesawissa

Etymology

From the tribe's autonym, ye iswa (“people of the river”), from Catawba ye (“people”) + iswa (“river”).

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native american

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