Delaware
EnglishEdit
Alternative formsEdit
- Delawar (obsolete)
EtymologyEdit
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.
PronunciationEdit
Proper nounEdit
Delaware
- A river in the northeastern United States, running from the Catskills 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 termsEdit
TranslationsEdit
major 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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NounEdit
Delaware (plural Delawares)
- A member of the Lenape / Delaware people.
- An American variety of grape, with compact bunches of small, sweet, amber-colored berries.
TranslationsEdit
member of the Lenape / Delaware people
See alsoEdit
- 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 readingEdit
- Delaware on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
- Delaware (disambiguation) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
AnagramsEdit
DanishEdit
EtymologyEdit
Borrowed from English Delaware.
Proper nounEdit
Delaware (genitive Delawares)
- Delaware (a state of the United States)
Derived termsEdit
FinnishEdit
EtymologyEdit
PronunciationEdit
- IPA(key): /ˈdelɑʋe(ː)r/, [ˈde̞lɑ̝ʋe̞(ː)r]
- IPA(key): /ˈdelɑʋɑre/, [ˈde̞lɑ̝ˌʋɑ̝re̞]
- English pronunciation also used
Proper nounEdit
Delaware
- Delaware (a state of the United States)
DeclensionEdit
Inflection 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 | — | ||
instructive | — | — | ||
abessive | Delawaretta | — | ||
comitative | See the possessive forms below. |
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Inflects like risti in speech.
ItalianEdit
EtymologyEdit
Borrowed from English Delaware.
PronunciationEdit
Proper nounEdit
Delaware m
- Delaware (a state of the United States)
PolishEdit
EtymologyEdit
Borrowed from English Delaware.
PronunciationEdit
Proper nounEdit
Delaware n (indeclinable)
- Delaware (a state of the United States)
Proper nounEdit
Delaware f (indeclinable)
- Delaware (a river in the United States)
Further readingEdit
PortugueseEdit
EtymologyEdit
Unadapted borrowing from English Delaware.
PronunciationEdit
Proper nounEdit
Delaware m
- Delaware (a river in the eastern United States)
- Delaware (a state of the United States)
NounEdit
Delaware m or f by sense (plural Delaware or Delawares)
- Alternative spelling of delaware
SlovakEdit
PronunciationEdit
Proper nounEdit
Delaware n
- Delaware (a state of the United States)
ReferencesEdit
- Delaware in Slovak dictionaries at slovnik.juls.savba.sk
SpanishEdit
Proper nounEdit
Delaware m
- Delaware (a state of the United States)
See alsoEdit
- Delaware on the Spanish Wikipedia.Wikipedia es