Delaware
English
editAlternative forms
edit- Delawar (obsolete)
Etymology
editThe 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.
Pronunciation
editProper noun
editDelaware
- 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.
- The Lenape people, the indigenous people of Lenapehoking, in what is now the Mid-Atlantic United States.
- Synonyms: Lenape, Leni Lenape, Lenni Lenape
- Two closely related Algonquian languages of these people, Munsee and Unami.
- Synonym: Lenape
- The first state of the United States. Capital: Dover. Largest city: Wilmington.
- A river in the United States that flows from northeast Kansas into the Kansas River.
- Several places in the United States, named for the people or the state.
- A city, the county seat of Delaware County, Ohio.
- A city in Delaware County, Iowa.
- A town in Sullivan County, New York.
- A town in Nowata County, Oklahoma.
- An unincorporated community in Ripley County, Indiana.
- An unincorporated community in Shannon County, Missouri.
- A ghost town in Keweenaw County, Michigan, in the Upper Peninsula.
- A number of townships in the United States, listed under Delaware Township.
- A community in Ontario, Canada.
Derived terms
editTranslations
editmajor river
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indigenous Native American people
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Algonquian languages of these people
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US state
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Noun
editDelaware (plural Delawares)
- A member of the Lenape / Delaware people.
- An American variety of grape, with compact bunches of small, sweet, amber-colored berries.
Translations
editmember of the Lenape / Delaware people
See also
edit- De La Warr (became “Delaware”)
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Federal district: Washington, D.C. |
Territories: American Samoa · Guam · Northern Mariana Islands · Puerto Rico · United States minor outlying islands · United States Virgin Islands |
Further reading
edit- Delaware on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
- Delaware (disambiguation) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Anagrams
editDanish
editEtymology
editBorrowed from English Delaware.
Proper noun
editDelaware (genitive Delawares)
- Delaware (The first state of the United States)
Derived terms
editFinnish
editEtymology
editPronunciation
edit- IPA(key): /ˈdelɑʋe(ː)r/, [ˈde̞lɑ̝ʋe̞(ː)r]
- IPA(key): /ˈdelɑʋɑre/, [ˈde̞lɑ̝ˌʋɑ̝re̞]
- Rhymes: -elɑʋer
- English pronunciation also used
Proper noun
editDelaware
- Delaware (The first state of the United States)
Declension
editInflection of Delaware (Kotus type 8/nalle, no gradation) | |||
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nominative | Delaware | — | |
genitive | Delawaren | — | |
partitive | Delawarea | — | |
illative | Delawareen | — | |
singular | plural | ||
nominative | Delaware | — | |
accusative | nom. | Delaware | — |
gen. | Delawaren | ||
genitive | Delawaren | — | |
partitive | Delawarea | — | |
inessive | Delawaressa | — | |
elative | Delawaresta | — | |
illative | Delawareen | — | |
adessive | Delawarella | — | |
ablative | Delawarelta | — | |
allative | Delawarelle | — | |
essive | Delawarena | — | |
translative | Delawareksi | — | |
abessive | Delawaretta | — | |
instructive | — | — | |
comitative | See the possessive forms below. |
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Inflects like risti in speech.
Italian
editEtymology
editBorrowed from English Delaware.
Pronunciation
editProper noun
editDelaware m
- Delaware (The first state of the United States)
Polish
editEtymology
editBorrowed from English Delaware.
Pronunciation
editProper noun
editDelaware n (indeclinable)
- Delaware (The first state of the United States)
Proper noun
editDelaware f (indeclinable)
- Delaware, Delaware River (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)
Further reading
edit- Delaware in Polish dictionaries at PWN
Portuguese
editEtymology
editUnadapted borrowing from English Delaware.
Pronunciation
edit
Proper noun
editDelaware m
- Delaware, Delaware River (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)
- Delaware (The first state of the United States)
Noun
editDelaware m or f by sense (plural Delaware or Delawares)
- Alternative spelling of delaware
Slovak
editPronunciation
editProper noun
editDelaware n
- Delaware (The first state of the United States)
References
edit- “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, 2003–2025
Spanish
editProper noun
editDelaware m
- Delaware (The first state of the United States)
See also
edit- Delaware on the Spanish Wikipedia.Wikipedia es
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