Delaware

English

Flag of Delaware

Alternative forms

• Delawar (obsolete)

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. For the surname, see De La Warr.

Pronunciation

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

• Audio (US):

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Proper noun

Delaware

2. A river flowing from the Catskills through New York, Pennsylvania, New Jersey and Delaware in the northeastern United States and emptying into the Atlantic Ocean at Delaware Bay.
3. Two closely related Algonquian languages of these people, Munsee and Unami.

   Synonym: Lenape

5. The first state of the United States. Capital: Dover. Largest city: Wilmington.
6. A river in the United States that flows from northeast Kansas into the Kansas River.
7. 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.
8. A community in Ontario, Canada.
9. A surname.

Derived terms

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

Translations

major river

• Bulgarian: Де́лауеър m (Délaueăr)
• Czech: Delaware (cs) m
• Finnish: Delaware-joki
• Georgian: დელავერი (delaveri)
• German: Delaware (de) m, Delaware-Fluss m, Delawarfluss m, Delaware-Fluß m (obsolete), Delawarefluß m (obsolete), Delaware River m (from English)
• Hungarian: Delaware (hu)
• Lao: ແມ່ນ້ຳເດລາແວ (mǣ namdē lā wǣ)
• Ojibwe: Ininaabewitigo-ziibi, Gichiijiwan-ziibi
• Polish: Delaware (pl) f
• Portuguese: Delaware (pt) m
• Thai: แม่น้ำเดลาแวร์
• Ukrainian: Де́лавер m (Délaver)
• Unami: Lënapei Sipu

Algonquian languages of these people

• Finnish: delaware (fi)
• German: Delawarisch n, delawarische Sprache f, Delawarensprache f

US state

• Arabic: دِيلَاوِير f (dīlāwīr)
• Bulgarian: Де́лауеър m (Délaueăr)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 特拉華 / 特拉华 (zh) (Tèlāhuá)

• Czech: Delaware (cs) m
• Danish: Delaware
• Finnish: Delaware (fi)
• Galician: Delaware (gl)
• Georgian: დელავერი (delaveri)
• German: Delaware (de) n
• Greek: Ντέλαγουερ (el) n (Ntélagouer)
• Hebrew: דלאוור (he) f (De-La_were)
• Hungarian: Delaware (hu)
• Italian: Delaware (it) m
• Japanese: デラウェア (ja) (Derawea)
• Khmer: ដេឡាវែរ (deelaavɛɛ)
• Korean: 델라웨어 (Dellaweeo)
• Lao: ເດລາແວ (dē lā wǣ)
• Latin: Delavaria f
• Limburgish: Delaware
• Macedonian: Делавер m (Delaver)
• Navajo: Déláwee hahoodzo
• Occitan: Delaware (oc) m
• Polish: Delaware (pl) n
• Portuguese: Delaware (pt) m
• Russian: Де́лавэр (ru) m (Délavɛr)
• Spanish: Delaware (es) m
• Thai: เดลาแวร์ (dee-laa-wɛɛ)
• Tibetan: དྷེའི་ལ་ཝར (dhe'i la war)
• Turkish: Delaware
• Ukrainian: Де́лавер m (Délaver)
• Yiddish: דעלאַווער (delaver)

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Delaware is the 46811^st most common surname in the United States, belonging to 454 individuals. Delaware is most common among White (53.52%) and Black/African-American (24.01%) individuals.

Noun

Delaware (plural Delawares or Delaware)

1. A member of the Lenape people, the indigenous people of Lenapehoking, in what is now the Mid-Atlantic United States.

   Synonyms: Lenape, Leni Lenape, Lenni Lenape

2. (plural only "Delawares") An American variety of grape, with compact bunches of small, sweet, amber-colored berries.

Translations

member of the Lenape people

• Finnish: delaware (fi)
• German: Delaware (de) m, Delawarin f. The following are plural forms: Delawaren (de) m pl, Delawarinnen f pl (only females), Lenni Lenape pl, Lenape pl (short form), Delaware (de) pl (from English)
• Ojibwe: Ininaabe, Ininaabeg pl, Omishoomis, Omishoomisag pl
• Ottawa: Ninaabe, Ninaabeg
• Portuguese: delaware (pt) m or f
• Unami: Lenape

See also

• De La Warr (became “Delaware”)

Further reading

• Delaware on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Delaware (disambiguation) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

• Weardale

Danish

Etymology

Borrowed from English Delaware.

Proper noun

Delaware (genitive Delawares)

1. Delaware (the first state of the United States)

Derived terms

• Delawarefloden

Finnish

Etymology

From English Delaware.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈdelɑʋe(ː)r/, [ˈde̞lɑ̝ʋe̞(ː)r]
• IPA^(key): /ˈdelɑʋɑre/, [ˈde̞lɑ̝ˌʋɑ̝re̞]
• Rhymes: -elɑʋer
• English pronunciation also used

Proper noun

Delaware

1. Delaware (the first 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	—
abessive		Delawaretta	—
instructive		—	—
comitative		See the possessive forms below.

Possessive forms of Delaware (Kotus type 8/nalle, no gradation)

first-person singular possessor singular plural nominative Delawareni — accusative nom. Delawareni — gen. Delawareni genitive Delawareni — partitive Delawareani — inessive Delawaressani — elative Delawarestani — illative Delawareeni — adessive Delawarellani — ablative Delawareltani — allative Delawarelleni — essive Delawarenani — translative Delawarekseni — abessive Delawarettani — instructive — — comitative — — second-person singular possessor singular plural nominative Delawaresi — accusative nom. Delawaresi — gen. Delawaresi genitive Delawaresi — partitive Delawareasi — inessive Delawaressasi — elative Delawarestasi — illative Delawareesi — adessive Delawarellasi — ablative Delawareltasi — allative Delawarellesi — essive Delawarenasi — translative Delawareksesi — abessive Delawarettasi — instructive — — comitative — — first-person plural possessor singular plural nominative Delawaremme — accusative nom. Delawaremme — gen. Delawaremme genitive Delawaremme — partitive Delawareamme — inessive Delawaressamme — elative Delawarestamme — illative Delawareemme — adessive Delawarellamme — ablative Delawareltamme — allative Delawarellemme — essive Delawarenamme — translative Delawareksemme — abessive Delawarettamme — instructive — — comitative — — second-person plural possessor singular plural nominative Delawarenne — accusative nom. Delawarenne — gen. Delawarenne genitive Delawarenne — partitive Delawareanne — inessive Delawaressanne — elative Delawarestanne — illative Delawareenne — adessive Delawarellanne — ablative Delawareltanne — allative Delawarellenne — essive Delawarenanne — translative Delawareksenne — abessive Delawarettanne — instructive — — comitative — — third-person possessor singular plural nominative Delawarensa — accusative nom. Delawarensa — gen. Delawarensa genitive Delawarensa — partitive Delawareaan Delawareansa — inessive Delawaressaan Delawaressansa — elative Delawarestaan Delawarestansa — illative Delawareensa — adessive Delawarellaan Delawarellansa — ablative Delawareltaan Delawareltansa — allative Delawarelleen Delawarellensa — essive Delawarenaan Delawarenansa — translative Delawarekseen Delawareksensa — abessive Delawarettaan Delawarettansa — instructive — — comitative — —

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 (the first state of the United States)

Polish

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English Delaware.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /dɛˈla.wɛr/

• Audio:

  (file)

• Rhymes: -awɛr
• Syllabification: De‧la‧ware

Proper noun

Delaware n (indeclinable)

1. Delaware (the first state of the United States)

   pieczęć Delaware ― seal of Delaware

   Lokalna kuchnia stanu Delaware opiera się na owocach morza. ― Delaware's local cuisine is based on seafood.

Proper noun

Delaware f (indeclinable)

1. Delaware, Delaware River (a river flowing from the Catskills through New York, Pennsylvania, New Jersey and Delaware in the northeastern United States and emptying into the Atlantic Ocean at Delaware Bay)

Further reading

• “Delaware”, in Polish dictionaries at PWN‎^[1] (in Polish)

Portuguese

Delaware

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English Delaware.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /de.laˈwɛʁ/ [de.laˈwɛh], /dɛ.laˈwɛʁ/ [dɛ.laˈwɛh]

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

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /dɛ.lɐˈwɛɾ/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /dɛ.lɐˈwɛɾ/
  • (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /dɛ.lɐˈwɛ.ɾi/

• Rhymes: -ɛɾ

Proper noun

Delaware m

1. Delaware, Delaware River (a river flowing from the Catskills through New York, Pennsylvania, New Jersey and Delaware in the northeastern United States and emptying into the Atlantic Ocean at Delaware Bay)
2. Delaware (the first state of the United States)

Noun

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

1. alternative letter-case form of delaware

See also

states of the United States: estados dos Estados Unidosedit

• Alabama
• Alasca
• Arizona
• Arkansas ~ Arcansas
• Califórnia
• Carolina do Norte
• Carolina do Sul
• Colorado
• Connecticut
• Dacota do Norte
• Dacota do Sul
• Delaware
• Flórida
• Geórgia
• Havaí (Brazil) ~ Havai (Portugal)
• Idaho
• Illinois
• Indiana
• Iowa
• Kansas ~ Cansas
• Kentucky
• Luisiana
• Maine
• Maryland ~ Marilândia
• Massachusetts
• Michigan
• Minnesota
• Mississippi ~ Mississípi
• Missouri
• Montana
• Nebrasca
• Nevada
• Nova Hampshire
• Nova Iorque
• Nova Jérsei (Brazil) ~ Nova Jérsia (Portugal)
• Novo México
• Ohio
• Oklahoma
• Oregon
• Pensilvânia
• Rhode Island
• Tennessee
• Texas
• Utah
• Vermont
• Virgínia
• Virgínia Ocidental
• Washington
• Wisconsin
• Wyoming

Slovak

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɟelavar/, [ˈɟelaʋar]
• Rhymes: -avar
• Hyphenation: De‧la‧ware

Proper noun

Delaware n

1. Delaware (the first state of the United States)

References

• “Delaware”, in Slovníkový portál Jazykovedného ústavu Ľ. Štúra SAV [Dictionary portal of the Ľ. Štúr Institute of Linguistics, Slovak Academy of Science] (in Slovak), https://slovnik.juls.savba.sk, 2003–2026

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from English Delaware.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈdelawaɾ/ [ˈd̪e.la.waɾ]
  • Rhymes: -elawaɾ
• IPA^(key): /ˈdelaweɾ/ [ˈd̪e.la.weɾ]
  • Rhymes: -elaweɾ
• Syllabification: De‧la‧ware

Proper noun

Delaware m

1. Delaware (the first state of the United States)

Derived terms

• delawareño