Delaware

[del-uh-wair]

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noun

plural

Delawares ,

plural

Delaware .

Baron. De La Warr, 12th Baron.
a state in the eastern United States, on the Atlantic coast. 2,057 square miles (5,330 square kilometers). Dover. DE (for use with zip code), Del.
a city in central Ohio.
a river flowing south from southeastern New York, along the boundary between Pennsylvania and New Jersey, into the Delaware Bay. 296 miles (475 kilometers) long.
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.
the Eastern Algonquian language of any of the Delaware peoples.
Horticulture.��
1. a red vinifera grape grown for table use that yields a white wine.
2. the vine bearing this fruit.

Delaware

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noun

a member of a North American Indian people formerly living near the Delaware River
the language of this people, belonging to the Algonquian family

Delaware

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noun

Abbreviation: Del..�� DE.��a state of the northeastern US, on the Delmarva Peninsula: mostly flat and low-lying, with hills in the extreme north and cypress swamps in the extreme south. Capital: Dover. Pop: 817��491 (2003 est). Area: 5004 sq km (1932 sq miles)
a river in the northeastern US, rising in the Catskill Mountains and flowing south into Delaware Bay , an inlet of the Atlantic. Length 660 km (410 miles)

Delaware

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noun

an American variety of grape that has sweet light red fruit

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.

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One of the thirteen colonies.

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Word History and Origins

Origin of Delaware¹

First recorded in 1720–30 in reference to the American Indian peoples

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The road to Dover, Delaware, is lined with barns and giant wheat fields and all the other signs of American abundance.

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Since then, Connecticut, Delaware, Hawaii, Illinois, Massachusetts, New Jersey, New York and Washington have enacted similar laws, all of which would have been struck down if Maryland’s law were ruled unconstitutional.

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Biden was spending the weekend in Delaware with family, an aide said.

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Mr Wang, who studied engineering in Delaware in the US, spent three years helping develop the air fryer model.

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I meet President Biden in the place he has called home since he was a boy, the city of Wilmington in Delaware.

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Delavigne Delawarean

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