Delaware

Name

1. A river flowing from the Catskills through New York, Pennsylvania, New Jersey and Delaware in the northeastern United States and emptying 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.
3. Two closely related Algonquian languages of these people, Munsee and Unami.
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.
7. Several places in the United States, named for the people or the state.
8. Several places in the United States, named for the people or the state.
9. Several places in the United States, named for the people or the state.
10. Several places in the United States, named for the people or the state.
11. Several places in the United States, named for the people or the state.
12. Several places in the United States, named for the people or the state.
13. Several places in the United States, named for the people or the state.
14. A community in Ontario, Canada.

Noun

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

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈdɛləweə(ɹ)/

Etymology

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.

Synonyms

Delaware River

Diamond State

DE

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First State

Unami

Sentences

It is navigable for approximately upstream from its mouth on the Delaware .