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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Example Sentences

“The center of Ophelia is expected to turn toward the north-northeast and northeast, moving across eastern Virginia and the Delmarva Peninsula through Sunday,” the center said.

From Seattle Times • Sep. 23, 2023

“The Delmarva Peninsula was Native land until it was transformed by colonization.”

From Washington Post • Nov. 28, 2021

Most recently, I recall standing on my grandparents’ balcony in Virginia with a view of the Chesapeake Bay, wondering for a brief moment when a massive, snowcapped range popped up on the Delmarva Peninsula.

From Seattle Times • Nov. 3, 2021

Meanwhile, a backdoor cold front, drawing in air from the ocean nearer the ground, is allowing a shallow, cooler marine air mass to slide ashore over the Delmarva Peninsula.

From Washington Post • Oct. 5, 2021

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