Delaware

English

Map of US highlighting Delaware

Alternative forms

Etymology

The river in the northeastern United States was named for Thomas West, 3rd Baron De La Warr (1577–1618). The people and the state were named for the river.

Pronunciation

  • (UK) IPA(key): /ˈdɛləweə(ɹ)/
  • (US) IPA(key): /ˈdɛləwɛɹ/
  • (file)

Proper noun

Delaware

  1. A river in the northeastern United States, running from the Catskills into the Atlantic Ocean at Delaware Bay.
  2. The Lenape people, the indigenous people of Lenapehoking, in what is now the Mid-Atlantic United States.
    Synonyms: Lenape, Leni Lenape, Lenni Lenape
  3. Two closely related Algonquian languages of these people, Munsee and Unami.
    Synonym: Lenape
  4. The first state of the United States. Capital: Dover. Largest city: Wilmington.
  5. A river in the United States that flows from northeast Kansas into the Kansas River.
  6. Several places in the United States, named for the people or the state.
    1. A city, the county seat of Delaware County, Ohio.
    2. A city in Delaware County, Iowa.
    3. A town in Sullivan County, New York.
    4. A town in Nowata County, Oklahoma.
    5. An unincorporated community in Ripley County, Indiana.
    6. An unincorporated community in Shannon County, Missouri.
    7. A ghost town in Keweenaw County, Michigan, in the Upper Peninsula.
    8. A number of townships in the United States, listed under Delaware Township.
  7. A community in Ontario, Canada.

Derived terms

  • DE (abbreviation)
  • Delawarean
  • Delaware Bay
  • Delaware corporation
  • Delaware County
  • Delaware Nation
  • Delaware River
  • Delaware Tribe of Indians
  • Delaware Tribe of Western Oklahoma
  • Delaware Valley
  • Delaware Valley Metropolitan Area
  • Munsee-Delaware Nation

Translations

Noun

Delaware (plural Delawares)

  1. A member of the Lenape / Delaware people.
  2. An American variety of grape, with compact bunches of small, sweet, amber-colored berries.

Translations

See also

  • De La Warr (became “Delaware”)
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Danish

Etymology

Borrowed from English Delaware.

Proper noun

Delaware (genitive Delawares)

  1. Delaware (a state of the United States)

Derived terms

  • Delawarefloden

Finnish

Etymology

From English Delaware.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈdelɑʋe(ː)r/, [ˈde̞lɑʋe̞(ː)r]
  • IPA(key): /ˈdelɑʋɑre/, [ˈde̞lɑˌʋɑre̞]
  • English pronunciation also used

Proper noun

Delaware

  1. Delaware (a state of the United States)

Declension

Inflection of Delaware (Kotus type 8/nalle, no gradation)
nominative Delaware
genitive Delawaren
partitive Delawarea
illative Delawareen
singular plural
nominative Delaware
accusative nom. Delaware
gen. Delawaren
genitive Delawaren
partitive Delawarea
inessive Delawaressa
elative Delawaresta
illative Delawareen
adessive Delawarella
ablative Delawarelta
allative Delawarelle
essive Delawarena
translative Delawareksi
instructive
abessive Delawaretta
comitative
Possessive forms of Delaware (type nalle)
possessor singular plural
1st person Delawareni Delawaremme
2nd person Delawaresi Delawarenne
3rd person Delawarensa

Inflects like risti in speech.


Italian

Etymology

Borrowed from English Delaware.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /de.laˈwɛr/
    • Rhymes: -ɛr
  • IPA(key): /de.laˈwɛjr/
    • Rhymes: -ɛjr

Proper noun

Delaware m

  1. Delaware (a state of the United States)

Polish

Etymology

Borrowed from English Delaware.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /dɛˈla.wɛr/
  • (file)
  • Rhymes: -awɛr
  • Syllabification: De‧la‧ware

Proper noun

Delaware n (indeclinable)

  1. Delaware (a state of the United States)

Proper noun

Delaware f (indeclinable)

  1. Delaware (a river in the United States)

Further reading

  • Delaware in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
  • Delaware in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Portuguese

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English Delaware.

Pronunciation

 
  • (Brazil) IPA(key): /de.laˈwɛʁ/ [de.laˈwɛh]
    • (São Paulo) IPA(key): /de.laˈwɛɾ/
    • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA(key): /de.laˈwɛʁ/ [de.laˈwɛχ]
    • (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /de.laˈwɛɻ/

Proper noun

Delaware m

  1. Delaware (a river in the eastern United States)
  2. Delaware (a state of the United States)

Noun

Delaware m or f by sense (plural Delaware or Delawares)

  1. Alternative spelling of delaware

Slovak

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈdelavar]

Proper noun

Delaware n

  1. Delaware (a state of the United States)

References

  • Delaware in Slovak dictionaries at slovnik.juls.savba.sk

Spanish

Proper noun

Delaware m

  1. Delaware (a state of the United States)

See also

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