Delaware — English Dictionary

Proper noun

1. 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. Two closely related Algonquian languages of these people, Munsee and Unami.

   Synonyms

   Lenape

3. The first state of the United States. Capital: Dover. Largest city: Wilmington.

4. A river in the United States that flows from northeast Kansas into the Kansas River.

5. Several places in the United States, named for the people or the state. A city, the county seat of Delaware County, Ohio.

6. Several places in the United States, named for the people or the state. A city in Delaware County, Iowa.

7. Several places in the United States, named for the people or the state. A town in Sullivan County, New York.

8. Several places in the United States, named for the people or the state. A town in Nowata County, Oklahoma.

9. Several places in the United States, named for the people or the state. An unincorporated community in Ripley County, Indiana.

10. Several places in the United States, named for the people or the state. An unincorporated community in Shannon County, Missouri.

11. Several places in the United States, named for the people or the state. A ghost town in Keweenaw County, Michigan, in the Upper Peninsula.

12. Several places in the United States, named for the people or the state. A number of townships in the United States, listed under Delaware Township.

13. A community in Ontario, Canada.

14. A surname.

Noun

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

   Synonyms

   LenapeLeni LenapeLenni Lenape

2. An American variety of grape, with compact bunches of small, sweet, amber-colored berries.

Noun

1. a member of an Algonquian people formerly living in New Jersey and New York and parts of Delaware and Pennsylvania

   Synonyms

   Lenape

   Broader terms

   AlgonquianAlgonquin

2. the Algonquian language spoken by the Delaware

   Synonyms

   Delaware language

   Broader terms

   AlgonquianAlgonquinAlgonquian language