The bean-like seed pod is the origin of
the alternative vernacular names Indian bean tree and cigar tree
for Catalpa bignonioides and Catalpa speciosa, respectively. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Catalpa
)
Origin: (Native American, English)
Pronunciation: (Catalpa: ka-TAL-pa, ca-TAL-pa, ka-TALL-pa Catalape: ka-TAL-uh-pee, ka-TAL-uh-peh,
ka-TALL-uh-pee, ka-TALL-uh-peh Catalapa:
ka-TAL-uh-pa, ka-TALL-uh-pa
If
you want to hear how this name is said then go to this link and run your cursor
over the word to hear how it is pronounced: http://www.howjsay.com/index.php?word=catalpa
)
Gender: Uni-Sex
This is the name of another street
I saw last summer when going to a religious convention. Meadowmere *see on list of posts* was
about one or two streets away from Catalapa. I thought oh wow that’s kind of interesting
and Native American like. So I put it on my list and as my list is always
backed up for months and months I am just now getting to this name.
Now the street name was Catalapa but I could find no meaning for it
spelled that way but I found it spelled Catalpa so I reason both probably mean
the same but don’t quote me on that. It has an interesting meaning and long
history of use so that is really nice. This name does seem Native American like
to me but it could of course fit in a Fantasy or Sci-fi novel.
Now the
pronunciation I found was for Catalpa so I tweaked it when putting together the
pronunciation options for Catalapa and Catalape.
Even with these pronunciations this name could throw some readers or even writers
off so I think it would take a special kind of character and author to pull
this off effectively.
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