# Catadupe

> English word · Proper noun

## Definitions
1. A city on the Nile river, a few miles above Aga-nagara; the site of the first cataract of the Nile.
2. An inhabitant of this city.

## Etymology
The place name is from Latin Catadūpa, from Ancient Greek Κατάδουποι (Katádoupoi), "commonly derived from καταδουπέω (katadoupéō), as if downroars" (see κατα- (kata-, “down”), δουπέω (doupéō, “to thud”)).
(The people are from Latin Catadūpi.)

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/catadupe