Lenape

American  

[len-uh-pee, luh-nah-pee, luh-nah-pey] / ˈlɛn ə pi, ləˈnɑ pi, ləˈnɑ peɪ /

noun

plural

Lenapes,

plural

Lenape

1. Delaware.

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Etymology

Origin of Lenape

1720–30, < Unami Delaware ləná·p·e (equivalent to Proto-Algonquian *elen- ordinary + *-a·pe·w man)

Example Sentences

Next to the letter, posted to the wall, is a statement signed by three chiefs of contemporary communities of the Lenape, whose ancestors inhabited Manhattan when the Dutch arrived.

From New York Times • Mar. 16, 2024

As a Quaker, Penn sought peaceful interactions with the Lenape people, said Jean Soderlund, a retired professor of history at Lehigh University.

From Seattle Times • Jan. 11, 2024

Lehigh University’s Bethlehem campus is home to the Delaware Nation of Oklahoma’s extension Tribal Historic Preservation Office, which is part of their Lenape homelands.

From Washington Times • Oct. 13, 2023

The aqueous picture, whose smudgy core mingles brown and deep green, memorializes the Lenape natives who once settled the harbor area, and also invokes the recent birth of the painter’s child.

From Washington Post • Sep. 1, 2022

Ms. Laverne asked us if we were living in Lenapehoking, would we fight alongside the Lenape or would we try to take the land for ourselves?

From "Harbor Me" by Jacqueline Woodson