Delphi

[del-fahy]

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an ancient city in central Greece, in Phocis: site of an oracle of Apollo.

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Delphi (ˈdɛlfɪ)

—n
	an ancient Greek city on the S slopes of Mount Parnassus: site of the most famous oracle of Apollo

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Delphi

oracle town on slopes of Mount Parnassus, from Gk. delphis "dolphin" (see dolphin). Supposedly Apollo assumed this form to found the shrine. Related: Delphic (1590s).

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Delphi definition

1. A US Internet service provider.
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(1995-04-06)
2. Borland's Object Oriented Pascal (OOPascal) Rapid Application Development package for Microsoft Windows. Delphi combines visual, component-based design with an optimising native code compiler and scalable database access.
(1996-05-27)

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