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Delaware definitions

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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

n
1: a river that rises in the Catskills in southeastern New York and flows southward along the border of Pennsylvania with New York and New Jersey to northern Delaware where it empties into Delaware Bay [syn: Delaware, Delaware River]
2: a member of an Algonquian people formerly living in New Jersey and New York and parts of Delaware and Pennsylvania
3: one of the British colonies that formed the United States
4: a Mid-Atlantic state; one of the original 13 colonies [syn: Delaware, Diamond State, First State, DE]
5: the Algonquian language spoken by the Delaware

Merriam Webster's

I. noun (plural Delaware or Delawares) Etymology: Delaware River Date: 1721 1. a member of an American Indian people originally of the Delaware valley 2. the Algonquian language of the Delaware II. geographical name 1. river 296 miles (476 kilometers) E United States flowing S from S New York into Delaware Bay 2. state E United States capital Dover area 2057 square miles (5348 square kilometers), population 783,600 3. city central Ohio NNW of Columbus population 25,243 • Delawarean noun

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Delaware Del"a*ware, n. (Bot.) An American grape, with compact bunches of small, amber-colored berries, sweet and of a good flavor.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Delawares Del"a*wares, n. pl.; sing. Delaware. (Ethnol.) A tribe of Indians formerly inhabiting the valley of the Delaware River, but now mostly located in the Indian Territory.