name
Delaware
DEH-luh-wair
name
1
One of the fifty US states, the first to ratify the Constitution.
"Delaware is famous for having no sales tax."
2
A river running through New York, Pennsylvania, New Jersey, and Delaware.
"George Washington famously crossed the Delaware River in 1776."
noun
1
A member of the Lenape people, an Indigenous nation of the mid-Atlantic United States.
"The Delaware lived along the river long before European settlers arrived."
2
A variety of small, sweet, amber-colored grape grown in the US.
"Delaware grapes are often used to make sweet white wines."
How to Use Delaware
Learner’s notesIn plain EnglishBest known as a small US state on the East Coast, also the name of a river and a Native American people.
Word Forms
Delawares plural
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Etymology
Named after Thomas West, 3rd Baron De La Warr, an early colonial governor of Virginia; the river, the Lenape people, and the state all take their name from his title.