English

An Iswa potter. The Iswa were well-known for their pottery in the Carolinas.

Proper noun

Iswa

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

Synonyms

• Catawba, Issa, Esaw

Catawba

Noun

iswa

1. river

   ma iswa‎ ― that river

Derived terms

• yę iswa ‎(“people of the river (the Catawba's autonym)”)

Descendants

• English: Iswa; Issa, Esaw

References

• 1900, Albert S. Gatschet, Grammatic Sketch of the Catawba Language (published in the American Anthropologist)