Delaware

alternative Delawar

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. Two closely related Algonquian languages of these people, Munsee and Unami.

   Synonyms: Lenape

3. The first state of the United States. Capital: Dover. Largest city: Wilmington.
4. A river in the United States that flows from northeast Kansas into the Kansas River.
5. Several places in the United States, named for the people or the state.
   1. A city, the county seat of Delaware County, Ohio.
   2. A city in Delaware County, Iowa.
   3. A town in Sullivan County, New York.
   4. A town in Nowata County, Oklahoma.
   5. An unincorporated community in Ripley County, Indiana.
   6. An unincorporated community in Shannon County, Missouri.
   7. A ghost town in Keweenaw County, Michigan, in the Upper Peninsula.
   8. A number of townships in the United States, listed under Delaware Township.
6. A community in Ontario, Canada.
7. A surname.

plural Delawares · alternative Delawar

1. A member of the Lenape people, the indigenous people of Lenapehoking, in what is now the Mid-Atlantic United States.

   Synonyms: Lenape, Leni Lenape, Lenni Lenape

2. plural only "Delawares"An American variety of grape, with compact bunches of small, sweet, amber-colored berries.