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Delaware

[ del-uh-wair ]

noun

plural Delawares, (especially collectively) Delaware
  1. a state in the eastern United States, on the Atlantic coast. 2,057 square miles (5,330 square kilometers). : Dover. : DE (for use with zip code), Del.
  2. a city in central Ohio.
  3. a river flowing south from southeastern New York, along the boundary between Pennsylvania and New Jersey, into the Delaware Bay. 296 miles (475 kilometers) long.
  4. a member of a grouping of North American Indian peoples, comprising the Munsee, Unami, and Unalachtigo, formerly occupying the drainage basin of the Delaware River, the lower Hudson River valley, and the intervening area.
  5. the Eastern Algonquian language of any of the Delaware peoples.
  6. Horticulture.
    1. a red vinifera grape grown for table use that yields a white wine.
    2. the vine bearing this fruit.


Delaware

1

/ ˈɛəˌɛə /

noun

  1. -wares-ware a member of a North American Indian people formerly living near the Delaware River
  2. the language of this people, belonging to the Algonquian family
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Delaware

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/ ˈɛəˌɛə /

noun

  1. a state of the northeastern US, on the Delmarva Peninsula: mostly flat and low-lying, with hills in the extreme north and cypress swamps in the extreme south. Capital: Dover. Pop: 817 491 (2003 est). Area: 5004 sq km (1932 sq miles) AbbreviationDel.with zip codeDE
  2. a river in the northeastern US, rising in the Catskill Mountains and flowing south into Delaware Bay , an inlet of the Atlantic. Length 660 km (410 miles)
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Delaware

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/ ˈɛəˌɛə /

noun

  1. an American variety of grape that has sweet light red fruit
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Delaware

  1. State in the eastern United States bordered by Pennsylvania to the north, Delaware Bay and the Atlantic Ocean to the east, and Maryland to the west and south. Its capital is Dover, and its largest city is Wilmington.
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Notes

One of the thirteen colonies .
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yvlog History and Origins

Origin of Delaware1

First recorded in 1720–30 in reference to the American Indian peoples
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