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Napa

//ˈnæpə// name, noun

Definitions

Proper Noun
  1. 1
    A city, the county seat of Napa County, California, United States.
  2. 2
    Initialism of North American Phonetic Alphabet. abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
  3. 3
    A river in California, United States.
  4. 4
    A surname.
Noun
  1. 1
    Brassica rapa subsp. pekinensis, a kind of Chinese cabbage. countable, uncountable
  2. 2
    napa leather countable, uncountable
  3. 3
    plant with an elongated head of broad stalked leaves resembling celery; used as a vegetable in east Asia wordnet

Etymology

Etymology 1

From the regional and colloquial Japanese term 菜っ葉 (nappa, “leaves of any vegetable”).

Etymology 2

From Napa, California, where the process of making napa leather was created.

Etymology 3

From Patwin napo (“homeland”).

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