Delaware

/ˈdɛləweə(ɹ)/name
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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

A city, the county seat of Delaware County, Ohio.

7

A city in Delaware County, Iowa.

8

A town in Sullivan County, New York.

9

A town in Nowata County, Oklahoma.

10

An unincorporated community in Ripley County, Indiana.

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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.

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