Delaware

• Delawar (obsolete)

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.

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈdɛləweə(ɹ)/
• (US) IPA^(key): /ˈdɛləwɛɹ/

• Audio (US):

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Delaware

1. A river in the northeastern United States, running from the Catskills 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.

   Synonym: 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 of Ontario, Canada.

Delaware (plural Delawares)

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

• De La Warr (became “Delaware”)

• Delaware on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Delaware (disambiguation) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

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Danish Wikipedia has an article on:

Delaware

Wikipedia ^da

Borrowed from English Delaware.

Delaware (genitive Delawares)

1. Delaware (a state of the United States)

• Delawarefloden

From English Delaware.

• IPA^(key): /ˈdelɑʋe(ː)r/,
• IPA^(key): /ˈdelɑʋɑre/,
• Rhymes: -elɑʋer
• English pronunciation also used

Delaware

1. Delaware (a state of the United States)

Inflects like risti in speech.

Italian Wikipedia has an article on:

Delaware

Wikipedia ^it

Borrowed from English Delaware.

• IPA^(key): /de.laˈwɛr/
  • Rhymes: -ɛr
• IPA^(key): /de.laˈwɛjr/
  • Rhymes: -ɛjr

Delaware m

1. Delaware (a state of the United States)

Polish Wikipedia has an article on:

Delaware

Wikipedia ^pl

Borrowed from English Delaware.

• IPA^(key): /dɛˈla.wɛr/

• Audio:

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• Rhymes: -awɛr
• Syllabification: De‧la‧ware

Delaware n (indeclinable)

1. Delaware (a state of the United States)

Delaware f (indeclinable)

1. Delaware (a river in the United States)

• Delaware in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Unadapted borrowing from English Delaware.

Delaware m

1. Delaware (a river in the eastern United States)
2. Delaware (a state of the United States)

Delaware m or f by sense (plural Delaware or Delawares)

1. Alternative spelling of delaware

Slovak Wikipedia has an article on:

Delaware

Wikipedia ^sk

• IPA^(key):

Delaware n

1. Delaware (a state of the United States)

• “Delaware”, in Slovníkový portál Jazykovedného ústavu Ľ. Štúra SAV [Dictionary portal of the Ľ. Štúr Institute of Linguistics, Slovak Academy of Science] (in Slovak), https://slovnik.juls.savba.sk, 2003–2024

Delaware m

1. Delaware (a state of the United States)

• Delaware on the Spanish Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^es