Iswa

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A Native American people who inhabit the Carolinas: the Catawba.

Word forms

Iswa

Etymology

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

Synonyms

Catawba Issa Esaw
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