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Del⋅a⋅ware

  [del-uh-wair]
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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.
7. 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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De La Warr

  [del-uh-wair; Brit. del-uh-wer]
–noun
12th Baron (Thomas West), 1577–1618, 1st English colonial governor of Virginia.
Also, Delaware.
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Del·a·ware 1   (děl'ə-wâr')   
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.

  2. One or both of the Algonquian languages of the Delaware.


[After the Delaware River.]
Del'a·war'e·an adj.
Del·a·ware 2   (děl'ə-wâr')   
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: 865,000.
Del·a·ware 3   (děl'ə-wâr')   
n.  A variety of grape having sweet, light red fruit.

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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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Word Origin & History

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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