Delaware

[ del-uh-wair ]

noun

, plural Del·a·wares, (especially collectively) Del·a·ware

1. Baron. De La Warr, 12th Baron.
2. 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.
3. a city in central Ohio.
4. 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.
5. 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.
6. the Eastern Algonquian language of any of the Delaware peoples.
7. Horticulture.
   1. a red vinifera grape grown for table use that yields a white wine.
   2. the vine bearing this fruit.

Delaware

¹

/ ˈdɛləˌwɛə /

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)

Delaware

²

/ ˈdɛləˌwɛə /

noun

1. an American variety of grape that has sweet light red fruit

Delaware

³

/ ˈdɛləˌwɛə /

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

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.

Notes

One of the thirteen colonies .

Word History and Origins

Origin of Delaware¹

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

Example Sentences

This blizzard of filings in Delaware bankruptcy court tells quite a tale.

From Los Angeles Times

Other rumours were spread in posts that popped up throughout the day, including one at around 14:00, which claimed ballots in Delaware County, Pennsylvania, had been pre-marked for Kamala Harris.

From BBC

Sarah McBride made history becoming the first trans member of the US House of Representatives after winning in her Delaware district on Tuesday evening.

From BBC

Rochester was the first woman and first African American to represent Delaware in Congress and is now the first Black woman to represent Delaware in the Senate.

From Salon

While understandably he has been a less regular visitor during the last four years, the diner’s staff say he still gets food to take out when he’s in Delaware.

From BBC