Delmarva Peninsula

American  

[del-mahr-vuh] / dɛlˈmɑr və /

noun

1. a peninsula between Chesapeake and Delaware bays including most of Delaware and those parts of Maryland and Virginia E of Chesapeake Bay.

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Delmarva Peninsula British  

/ dɛlˈmɑːvə /

noun

1. a peninsula of the northeast US, between Chesapeake Bay and the Atlantic

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Delmarva Peninsula

The authors of the study found these distortion hot spots near Cape Canaveral, Florida; the suburbs and exurbs of Boston; and across Delaware and Maryland on the Delmarva Peninsula.

From Seattle Times ● Mar. 2, 2024

Many migrated farther into rural counties or resettled to second homes in vacation areas, such as the Catskill Mountains or the Delmarva Peninsula.

From Washington Post ● Mar. 24, 2022

Parts of 10 states were under blizzard warnings at some point: Maine, New Hampshire, Massachusetts, Rhode Island, Connecticut, New York and New Jersey, along with much of the Delmarva Peninsula in Delaware, Maryland and Virginia.

From Seattle Times ● Jan. 29, 2022

The heaviest snow, totaling 8 to 14 inches, will be relegated to the eastern Delmarva Peninsula, where a blizzard warning is in effect.

From Washington Post ● Jan. 28, 2022

I grew up in a poor, rural, racially segregated settlement on the eastern shore of the Delmarva Peninsula, in Delaware, where the racial history of this country casts a long shadow.

From "Just Mercy" by Bryan Stevenson