pl.Delawares or Delaware 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
the Algonquian language of these peoples
a small, sweet, reddish American grape
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
river flowing from the Pennsylvania-New York and Pennsylvania-New Jersey borders into Delaware Bay: c. 280 mi (451 km)
a. A group of closely related Native American peoples formerly inhabiting the Delaware and Hudson river valleys and the area between, with present-day populations in Oklahoma, Kansas, Wisconsin, and Ontario. The Delaware formed a variety of political alliances in their westward migration after losing their lands to white settlement in the 17th and 18th centuries.
b. A member of a Delaware people. Also called Lenape, Lenni Lenape.
One or both of the Algonquian languages of the Delaware.
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Delˌa·warˈe·an adjective
(dĕlˈə-wârˌ) Abbr. DE or Del.
A state of the eastern United States on the Atlantic Ocean. It was admitted as the first of the original Thirteen Colonies in 1787. Settled by the Dutch in 1631 and by Swedes in 1638, the region passed to England in 1664. It was part of William Penn's Pennsylvania grant from 1682 until 1776. Dover is the capital and Wilmington the largest city. Population: 865,000.