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Del·a·ware

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–noun, plural -wares, (especially collectively

) -ware for 5.

1.	Baron. De La Warr, 12th Baron.

2.	a state in the eastern United States, on the Atlantic coast. 595,225; 2057 sq. mi. (5330 sq. km). Capital: Dover. Abbreviation: DE (for use with zip code), Del.

3.	a city in central Ohio. 18,780.

4.	a river flowing S from SE New York, along the boundary between Pennsylvania and New Jersey into Delaware Bay. 296 mi. (475 km) long.

5.	a member of a grouping of North American Indian peoples, comprising the Munsee, Unami, and Unalachtigo, formerly occupying the drainage basin of the Delaware River, the lower Hudson River valley, and the intervening area.

6.	the Eastern Algonquian language of any of the Delaware peoples.

Horticulture.

a.	a red vinifera grape grown for table use that yields a white wine.

b.	the vine bearing this fruit.

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n. pl. Delaware or Del·a·wares

1. A group of closely related Native American peoples formerly inhabiting the Delaware and Hudson river valleys and the area between, with present-day populations in Oklahoma, Kansas, Wisconsin, and Ontario. The Delaware formed a variety of political alliances in their westward migration after losing their lands to white settlement in the 17th and 18th centuries.
2. A member of a Delaware people. Also called Lenape, Lenni Lenape.
One or both of the Algonquian languages of the Delaware.

[After the Delaware River.]

Del'a·war'e·an adj.

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A state of the eastern United States on the Atlantic Ocean. It was admitted as the first of the original Thirteen Colonies in 1787. Settled by the Dutch in 1631 and by Swedes in 1638, the region passed to England in 1664. It was part of William Penn's Pennsylvania grant from 1682 until 1776. Dover is the capital and Wilmington the largest city. Population: 853,000.

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Del·a·ware³ Audio Help (děl'ə-wâr') Pronunciation Key
n. A variety of grape having sweet, light red fruit.

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Delaware

U.S. state, river, Indian tribe, named for the bay, which was named for Baron (commonly "Lord") De la Warr (Thomas West, 1577-1618), first Eng. colonial governor of Virginia. The family name is attested from 1201, from Delaware in Brasted, Kent, probably ult. from de la werre "of the war" (a warrior), from O.Fr. werre/guerre "war."

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delaware
noun
1.	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
2.	a member of an Algonquian people formerly living in New Jersey and New York and parts of Delaware and Pennsylvania
3.	one of the British colonies that formed the United States
4.	a Mid-Atlantic state; one of the original 13 colonies
5.	the Algonquian language spoken by the Delaware

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Delaware

State in the eastern United States bordered by Pennsylvania to the north, Delaware Bay and the Atlantic Ocean to the east, and Maryland to the west and south. Its capital is Dover, and its largest city is Wilmington.

Note: One of the thirteen colonies.

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Delaware City, DE (city, FIPS 19730) Location: 39.57552 N, 75.60038 W
Population (1990): 1682 (658 housing units)
Area: 3.2 sq km (land), 0.2 sq km (water)

Delaware County, PA (county, FIPS 45) Location: 39.91700 N, 75.39930 W
Population (1990): 547651 (211024 housing units)
Area: 477.1 sq km (land), 16.9 sq km (water)

Delaware County, OK (county, FIPS 41) Location: 36.41456 N, 94.80248 W
Population (1990): 28070 (16808 housing units)
Area: 1918.5 sq km (land), 133.7 sq km (water)

Delaware County, OH (county, FIPS 41) Location: 40.27827 N, 83.00743 W
Population (1990): 66929 (24377 housing units)
Area: 1146.2 sq km (land), 34.8 sq km (water)

Delaware County, NY (county, FIPS 25) Location: 42.20076 N, 74.96477 W
Population (1990): 47225 (27361 housing units)
Area: 3746.3 sq km (land), 56.1 sq km (water)

Delaware County, IN (county, FIPS 35) Location: 40.22564 N, 85.39821 W
Population (1990): 119659 (48793 housing units)
Area: 1018.7 sq km (land), 6.8 sq km (water)

Delaware County, IA (county, FIPS 55) Location: 42.46965 N, 91.36684 W
Population (1990): 18035 (7408 housing units)
Area: 1496.7 sq km (land), 3.1 sq km (water)

Delaware Water G, PA Zip code(s): 18327

Delaware Water Gap, PA (borough, FIPS 18736) Location: 40.97861 N, 75.13759 W
Population (1990): 733 (328 housing units)
Area: 4.5 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)

Delaware, AR Zip code(s): 72835

Delaware, IA (city, FIPS 19630) Location: 42.47186 N, 91.34014 W
Population (1990): 176 (69 housing units)
Area: 2.1 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
Zip code(s): 52036

Delaware, OH (city, FIPS 21434) Location: 40.29866 N, 83.08134 W
Population (1990): 20030 (7660 housing units)
Area: 27.0 sq km (land), 0.2 sq km (water)
Zip code(s): 43015

Delaware, OK (town, FIPS 19850) Location: 36.77897 N, 95.64287 W
Population (1990): 434 (203 housing units)
Area: 1.0 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
Zip code(s): 74027

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Delaware

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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