delaware

Noun delaware has 5 senses

• delaware(n = noun.object) delaware river - a river that rises in the Catskills in southeastern New York and flows southward along the border of Pennsylvania with New York and New Jersey to northern Delaware where it empties into Delaware Bay;
is a part of de, delaware, diamond state, first state, empire state, new york, new york state, ny
is a kind of river

• delaware(n = noun.person) - a member of an Algonquian people formerly living in New Jersey and New York and parts of Delaware and Pennsylvania;
is a kind of algonquian, algonquin

• delaware(n = noun.location) - one of the British colonies that formed the United States;
is a kind of colony

• delaware(n = noun.location) de, diamond state, first state - a Mid-Atlantic state; one of the original 13 colonies;
is a kind of american state
is a part of america, the states, u.s., u.s.a., united states, united states of america, us, usa, mid-atlantic states
has parts: capital of delaware, dover, wilmington, delaware, delaware river, delaware bay

• delaware(n = noun.communication) - the Algonquian language spoken by the Delaware;
is a kind of algonquian, algonquian language, algonquin