Delaware

Delaware
I. noun (plural Delaware or Delawares) Etymology: Delaware River Date: 1721 1. a member of an American Indian people originally of the Delaware valley 2. the Algonquian language of the Delaware II. geographical name 1. river 296 miles (476 kilometers) E United States flowing S from S New York into Delaware Bay 2. state E United States capital Dover area 2057 square miles (5348 square kilometers), population 783,600 3. city central Ohio NNW of Columbus population 25,243 • Delawarean noun

New Collegiate Dictionary. 2001.

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