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delawarean

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Del⋅a⋅war⋅e⋅an

  [del-uh-wair-ee-uhn]
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–noun
1. a native or inhabitant of Delaware.
–adjective
2. of or pertaining to Delaware of Delawareans.
Origin:
Delaware + -an
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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.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
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