"napa" meaning in English

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Noun

Audio: En-us-napa.ogg Forms: napas [plural], nappa [alternative]
Etymology: From the regional and colloquial Japanese term 菜っ葉 (nappa, “leaves of any vegetable”). Etymology templates: {{uder|en|ja|-}} Japanese Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} napa (countable and uncountable, plural napas)
  1. Brassica rapa subsp. pekinensis, a kind of Chinese cabbage. Tags: countable, uncountable Synonyms: celery cabbage, napa cabbage
    Sense id: en-napa-en-noun-GCT50d-V Categories (other): English undefined derivations, Brassicas Disambiguation of Brassicas: 48 52
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Noun

Forms: napas [plural], nappa [alternative]
Etymology: From Napa, California, where the process of making napa leather was created. Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} napa (countable and uncountable, plural napas)
  1. napa leather Tags: countable, uncountable
    Sense id: en-napa-en-noun-2YvD4Tzz Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 10 entries, Pages with entries, Brassicas, Materials Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 19 81 Disambiguation of Pages with 10 entries: 2 2 9 33 18 1 3 1 1 4 2 3 21 0 1 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 1 1 9 37 18 0 1 0 0 2 1 2 22 2 2 0 0 Disambiguation of Brassicas: 48 52 Disambiguation of Materials: 30 70
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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