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Do·ver

   [doh-ver]
noun
1.
a seaport in E Kent, in SE England: point nearest the coast of France. 101,700.
2.
Strait of. French, Pas de Calais. a strait between England and France, connecting the English Channel and the North Sea: least width 20 miles (32 km).
3.
a city in and the capital of Delaware, in the central part. 23,512.
4.
a city in SE New Hampshire. 22,377.
5.
a town in N New Jersey. 14,681.
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6.
a city in E Ohio. 11,526.
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Del·a·ware

   [del-uh-wair]
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 miles (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.
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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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Dover (ˈdəʊvə)
 
—n
1.  a port in SE England, in E Kent on the Strait of Dover: the only one of the Cinque Ports that is still important; a stronghold since ancient times and Caesar's first point of attack in the invasion of Britain (55 bc). Pop: 34 087 (2001)
2.  Strait of Dover French name: Pas de Calais a strait between SE England and N France, linking the English Channel with the North Sea. Width: about 32 km (20 miles)
3.  a city in the US, the capital of Delaware, founded in 1683: 18th-century buildings. Pop: 32 808 (2003 est)

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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),
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from O.Fr. werre/guerre "war."

Dover
port in Kent, Dofras (c.700), from L. Dubris (4c.), from Brit. *Dubras "the waters." Named for the stream that flows nearby.
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Delaware definition


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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