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Meaning of DELAWARE

Pronunciation:  'delu`wehr

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 Definition: 
  1. [n]  the Algonquian language spoken by the Delaware people
  2. [n]  a Mid-Atlantic state; one of the original 13 colonies
  3. [n]  one of the British colonies that formed the United States
  4. [n]  a river that rises in the Catskills in southeastern New York and flows southward along the border of Pennsylvania with New York and New Jersey to northern Delaware where it empties into Delaware Bay
  5. [n]  a member of an Algonquian people formerly living in New Jersey and New York and parts of Delaware and Pennsylvania
 
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 Synonyms: DE, Delaware River, Diamond State, First State
 
 See Also: Algonquian, Algonquian, Algonquian language, Algonquin, Algonquin, American state, capital of Delaware, Colony, DE, Delaware, Delaware, Delaware Bay, Delaware River, Diamond State, Dover, Empire State, First State, Mid-Atlantic states, New York, New York State, NY, river, Wilmington

 

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
\Del"a*ware\, n. (Bot.)
An American grape, with compact bunches of small,
amber-colored berries, sweet and of a good flavor.
 
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