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Delaware

//ˈdɛləwɛɹ// name, noun

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Proper Noun
  1. 1
    A river flowing from the Catskills through New York, Pennsylvania, New Jersey and Delaware in the northeastern United States and emptying into the Atlantic Ocean at Delaware Bay.
  2. 2
    The Lenape people, the indigenous people of Lenapehoking, in what is now the Mid-Atlantic United States.
  3. 3
    Two closely related Algonquian languages of these people, Munsee and Unami.
  4. 4
    The first state of the United States. Capital: Dover. Largest city: Wilmington.
  5. 5
    A river in the United States that flows from northeast Kansas into the Kansas River.
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  1. 6
    Several places in the United States, named for the people or the state.; A city, the county seat of Delaware County, Ohio.
  2. 7
    Several places in the United States, named for the people or the state.; A city in Delaware County, Iowa.
  3. 8
    Several places in the United States, named for the people or the state.; A town in Sullivan County, New York.
  4. 9
    Several places in the United States, named for the people or the state.; A town in Nowata County, Oklahoma.
  5. 10
    Several places in the United States, named for the people or the state.; An unincorporated community in Ripley County, Indiana.
  6. 11
    Several places in the United States, named for the people or the state.; An unincorporated community in Shannon County, Missouri.
  7. 12
    Several places in the United States, named for the people or the state.; A ghost town in Keweenaw County, Michigan, in the Upper Peninsula.
  8. 13
    Several places in the United States, named for the people or the state.; A number of townships in the United States, listed under Delaware Township.
  9. 14
    A community in Ontario, Canada.
Noun
  1. 1
    A member of the Lenape / Delaware people.
  2. 2
    the Algonquian language spoken by the Delaware wordnet
  3. 3
    An American variety of grape, with compact bunches of small, sweet, amber-colored berries.
  4. 4
    a member of an Algonquian people formerly living in New Jersey and New York and parts of Delaware and Pennsylvania wordnet

Etymology

Etymology 1

The river in the northeastern United States was named for Thomas West, 3rd Baron De La Warr (1577–1618). The people and the state were named for the river.

Etymology 2

The river in the northeastern United States was named for Thomas West, 3rd Baron De La Warr (1577–1618). The people and the state were named for the river.

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