napa

¹

[ nap-uh, nah-puh ]

noun

1. Chinese cabbage.
2. nappa.

Napa

²

[ nap-uh ]

noun

1. a city in W California: center of wine-producing region.

Word History and Origins

Origin of napa¹

First recorded in 1895–1900 napa fordef 2, and in 1935–40 napa fordef 1; of undetermined origin

Example Sentences

Coppola first reached out to Golijov 20 years ago and invited the composer to his home in Napa to discuss “Megalopolis.”

From Los Angeles Times

In Northern California, Pacific Gas & Electric is considering power shutoffs for at least 15,000 customers across 12 counties Tuesday, the majority in Lake, Napa, Solano, Sonoma and Tehama counties, said Jeff Smith, a spokesperson for the utility.

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And that’s why I turn to this Napa Valley–based purveyor of specialty beans.

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When Alexander Payne’s wine-drenched dramedy “Sideways” first came out, Santa Ynez Valley didn’t have the luster of Napa or the breadth of the Russian River Valley.

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That’s why counties like Los Angeles have kept up vigilant monitoring and fly-murdering programs, sometimes with new tools, to protect the state’s agricultural cordon sanitaire from Napa and Sonoma to the Mexican border.

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