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napa¹

Where it comes from

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

noun napas · nappa

  1. countable, uncountable Brassica rapa subsp. pekinensis, a kind of Chinese cabbage.

    Similar: celery cabbage, napa cabbage

napa²

Where it comes from

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

noun napas · nappa

  1. countable, uncountable napa leather

Napa³

  • /ˈnæpə/

Where it comes from

From Patwin napo (“homeland”).

proper noun

  1. A city, the county seat of Napa County, California, United States.
  2. A river in California, United States.
  3. A surname.

NAPA⁴

proper noun

  1. abbreviation, initialism Initialism of North American Phonetic Alphabet

Thesaurus

Closest in meaning: chinese cabbage, celery cabbage, pe-tsai, nip, anp, anc, naps, nap, adaptation, pna, npa, afn, nsa, nlp, sonoma, pana

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"napa." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/napa. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026.

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Chicago

"napa." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/napa.

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@misc{napa_2026,
  title = {napa},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/napa},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}