Delaware

Map of US highlighting Delaware

Meanings

Proper Noun

  • A river in the northeastern USA (country), running from the Catskills (mountain range) into the ocean, Atlantic Ocean at Delaware Bay.
  • The Lenape people, the indigenous people of Lenapehoking, in what is now the Mid-Atlantic United States.
  • Two closely-related Algonquian languages of these people, Munsee and Unami.
  • The first state of the USA (country) .
  • A river in USA (country) that flows from northeast Kansas (state) into the river, Kansas River.
  • Several places in the United States, named for the people or the state.
  • community Ontario (province) Canada (country).

Noun

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

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.

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