Delaware

UK: /ˈdɛləˌwɛə/ US: (del′ə wâr′)

Inflections of 'Delaware' (n):

Delawares

npl

Delaware

npl (Can be used as a collective plural for the Native American people—e.g. "These lands were once entirely inhabited by Delaware.")

WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2025

Del•a•ware  (del′ə wâr′), n., pl. -wares, (esp. collectively) -ware for 5.

1. Baron. See De La Warr, 12th Baron. 
2. a state in the eastern United States, on the Atlantic coast. 595,225;
   2057 sq. mi. (5330 sq. km). Cap.: Dover. Abbr.: DE (for use with zip code), Del.
3. Place Names a city in central Ohio. 18,780.
4. a river flowing S from SE New York, along the boundary between Pennsylvania and New Jersey into Delaware Bay. 296 mi. (475 km) long.
5. Language Varieties a member of a grouping of North American Indian peoples, comprising the Munsee, Unami, and Unalachtigo, formerly occupying the drainage basin of the Delaware River, the lower Hudson River valley, and the intervening area.
6. Language Varieties the Eastern Algonquian language of any of the Delaware peoples.
7. [Hort.]
   • a red vinifera grape grown for table use that yields a white wine.
   • the vine bearing this fruit.

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Delaware / ˈdɛləˌwɛə/ noun

1. ( -wares, -ware) a member of a Native American people formerly living near the Delaware River

Delaware / ˈdɛləˌwɛə/ noun

1. a state of the northeastern US, on the Delmarva Peninsula: mostly flat and low-lying, with hills in the extreme north and cypress swamps in the extreme south. Capital: Dover. Pop: 817 491 (2003 est). Area: 5004 sq km (1932 sq miles)
   Abbreviation: Del., (with zip code) DE
2. a river in the northeastern US, rising in the Catskill Mountains and flowing south into Delaware Bay, an inlet of the Atlantic. Length 660 km (410 miles)