Delaware

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.

Proper noun

  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. The Lenape people, the indigenous people of Lenapehoking, in what is now the Mid-Atlantic United States.

    Synonyms: Lenape Leni Lenape Lenni Lenape

  3. Two closely related Algonquian languages of these people, Munsee and Unami.

    Synonyms: Lenape

  4. The first state of the United States. Capital: Dover. Largest city: Wilmington.
  5. A river in the United States that flows from northeast Kansas into the Kansas River.
  6. Several places in the United States, named for the people or the state.

    1. A city, the county seat of Delaware County, Ohio.

    2. A city in Delaware County, Iowa.

    3. A town in Sullivan County, New York.

    4. A town in Nowata County, Oklahoma.

    5. An unincorporated community in Ripley County, Indiana.

    6. An unincorporated community in Shannon County, Missouri.

    7. A ghost town in Keweenaw County, Michigan, in the Upper Peninsula.

    8. A number of townships in the United States, listed under Delaware Township.

  7. A community in Ontario, Canada.
  8. A surname.

Origin

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.

Forms

Delawar

Derived

DE Delawarean Delaware Bay Delaware corporation Delaware County Delaware Nation Delaware River Delaware start Delaware Tribe of Indians Delaware Tribe of Western Oklahoma Delaware Valley Delaware Valley Metropolitan Area Delmarva Eastern Delaware Munsee-Delaware Nation

Noun

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

Forms

Delawares Delawar

Related

De La Warr