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Dela·ware (del′ə wer′, -war′)

noun

  1. pl. Delawares -·wares′ or Delaware -·ware′ a member of any of a group of North American Indian peoples that lived in the Delaware River valley, now living mainly in Oklahoma and Ontario
  2. the Algonquian language of these peoples
  3. a small, sweet, reddish American grape
Delaware2 definition

Dela·ware (del′ə wer′, -war′)

  1. state of the E U.S., on the Atlantic: one of the 13 original states; 1,954 sq mi (5,060 sq km); pop. 784,000; cap. Dover: abbrev. DE or Del
  2. river flowing from the Pennsylvania-New York and Pennsylvania-New Jersey borders into Delaware Bay: c. 280 mi (451 km)

Etymology: after Baron De La Warr

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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