Delaware

English

Map of US highlighting Delaware

Etymology

Derived from the name of Thomas West, 3rd Baron De La Warr.

Pronunciation

  • (UK) IPA(key): /ˈdɛləweə(ɹ)/
  • (US) IPA(key): /ˈdɛləwɛɹ/
  • (file)

Proper noun

Delaware

  1. An indigenous Native American people.
  2. The Algonquian languages of these people.
  3. A river that rises (in two branches) in New York State's Catskill Mountains (the Catskills).
  4. A state of the United States of America
  5. A city in Ohio, USA, and the county seat of Delaware County.

Synonyms

(people):

(languages):

Derived terms

  • DE
  • Delawarean
  • Delaware County
  • Delaware Nation
  • Delaware River
  • Delaware Tribe of Indians
  • Delaware Tribe of Western Oklahoma
  • Delaware Valley
  • Delaware Valley Metropolitan Area
  • Munsee-Delaware Nation

Translations

Noun

Delaware (plural Delawares)

  1. A member of the Lenape / Delaware people.
  2. An American variety of grape, with compact bunches of small, sweet, amber-colored berries.

Translations

See also

  • Appendix:Place names in Delaware

Further reading


Danish

Etymology

Borrowed from English Delaware.

Proper noun

Delaware (genitive Delawares)

  1. Delaware

Derived terms

  • Delawarefloden

Polish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈdɛ.la.wɛr/

Proper noun

Delaware f

  1. Delaware (river)

Proper noun

Delaware n

  1. Delaware (state)

Portuguese

Proper noun

Delaware m

  1. Delaware (a river in the eastern United States)
  2. Delaware (a state of the United States)

Spanish

Proper noun

Delaware m

  1. Delaware

See also

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