Delaware

[del-uh-wair]

noun

plural

Delawares ,

plural

Delaware .

1. Baron. De La Warr, 12th Baron.

2. 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.

3. a city in central Ohio.

4. 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.

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.

6. the Eastern Algonquian language of any of the Delaware peoples.

7. Horticulture.

   1. a red vinifera grape grown for table use that yields a white wine.

   2. the vine bearing this fruit.

Delaware

¹

/ ˈdɛləˌwɛə /

noun

1. a member of a North American Indian people formerly living near the Delaware River

2. the language of this people, belonging to the Algonquian family

Delaware

²

/ ˈdɛləˌwɛə /

noun

1. 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)

2. 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

³

/ ˈdɛləˌwɛə /

noun

1. an American variety of grape that has sweet light red fruit

Delaware

1. 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.

One of the thirteen colonies.

Word History and Origins

Origin of Delaware¹

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

Example Sentences

OpenAI is transitioning to a traditional corporate structure to attract investors, a process delayed by California and Delaware attorneys general.

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On Friday, the biggest bank in America asked a Delaware judge to reverse an order requiring it to front the legal bills for Javice, the entrepreneur who was convicted of defrauding the bank in March.

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A federal jury in Delaware found him guilty of three felony counts, including possession of a revolver while being an unlawful drug user.

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Last year, both ISS and Glass Lewis advised investors against voting for a different board proposal to ratify Musk’s 2018 pay package, which had been struck down by a Delaware judge in early 2024.

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Coincidentally, Joe Biden, the former president who represented Delaware for decades in the U.S.

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