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Vinony

Delaware

proper noun

  1. Lenape; indigenous people of the Delaware River valley in North America
  2. Algonquian language group including Munsee and Unami
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proper noun

  1. American state
  2. river
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Wiktionary

Pronunciation: /ˈdɛləweə(ɹ)/ / /ˈdɛləwɛɹ/

name

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.

  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. The Lenape people, the indigenous people of Lenapehoking, in what is now the Mid-Atlantic United States.
  3. Two closely related Algonquian languages of these people, Munsee and Unami.
  4. The first state of the United States. Capital: Dover. Largest city: Wilmington.
  5. A river in the United States that flows from northeast Kansas into the Kansas River.
  6. Several places in the United States, named for the people or the state.
  7. Several places in the United States, named for the people or the state.
  8. Several places in the United States, named for the people or the state.
  9. Several places in the United States, named for the people or the state.
  10. Several places in the United States, named for the people or the state.
  11. Several places in the United States, named for the people or the state.
  12. Several places in the United States, named for the people or the state.
  13. Several places in the United States, named for the people or the state.
  14. A community in Ontario, Canada.
  15. A surname.

noun

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.

  1. A member of the Lenape / Delaware people.
  2. An American variety of grape, with compact bunches of small, sweet, amber-colored berries.