delaware in English

noun
1
a river in the northeastern US that rises in the Catskill Mountains in New York and flows south for about 280 miles (450 km) to northern Delaware, where it meets the Atlantic Ocean at Delaware Bay. For much of its length it forms the eastern border of Pennsylvania.
2
a state in the eastern US, on the Atlantic coast;; population 873,092 (est. 2008); capital, Dover; statehood, Dec. 7, 1787 (1). One of the original thirteen states, it was the first to ratify the US Constitution.
adjective
1
of or relating to the Delaware or their languages.
Its name comes from a Delaware Indian word meaning ‘on the great plain’ and its 253,500 sq. kilometres range from Rocky snow peaks to hot springs to truly great plains.

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1. The boat ascended the Delaware.

2. Munsee (also known as Munsee Delaware, Delaware, Ontario Delaware) is an endangered language of the Eastern Algonquian subgroup of the Algonquian language family, itself a branch of the Algic language family.

3. At last he crossed the Delaware River.

4. Washington now decides to cross the Delaware.

5. She was born and raised in Delaware.

6. Forbes won primaries in Delaware and Arizona.

7. Delaware News-Journal (reprinting from the Associated Press).

8. On September 27, 1777, Delaware participated in a delaying action on the Delaware River against the British army pursuing George Washington's forces.

9. People wondered why Revere was on the Delaware quarter.

10. The Delaware River is the backdrop for the stage.

11. The house commanded some splendid views of Delaware Bay.

12. In 16 Swedish colonists settled in present-day Delaware.

13. Is anything to be seen of the Delaware chief?

14. The final ignominy was a third place in Delaware.

15. 22 The Delaware River is the backdrop for the stage.

16. Delaware River and surprised the British at Trenton, New Jersey.

17. This is the point where Washington's army crossed the Delaware River.

18. Delaware becomes the first state to ratify the United States Constitution.

19. Delaware is a tax haven; many large American companies are registered there.

20. No Old West gallows like they still use in four states, including Delaware.

21. In 17 Delaware became the first state to ratify the US Constitution.

22. 1861 – American Civil War: Delaware votes not to secede from the United States.

23. Several of the smaller states, led by Delaware, embraced the Constitution with little reservation.

24. His father was a wealthy landowner with holdings up and down the lower Delaware.

25. They keep their official , if not actual , headquarters in Wilmington, Delaware Delaware's largest city.

26. In his free time, Banneker wrote the Pennsylvania, Delaware , Maryland, and Virginia Almanac and Ephemeris.

27. C. Section 18-101(7), a Delaware LLC operating agreement can be written, oral or implied.

28. 10) Delaware is trying to make inroads into the Middle East and South America, he says.

29. Presidents have been promising lower taxes since Washington crossed the Delaware by hand in a row boat.

30. One summer in Delaware I bought a chicken from a fisherman who raised birds as a sideline.

31. This time, Chrysler's assembly line in Newark , Delaware , and several other plants will bear many losses.

32. The Federal Reserve and regulators in Delaware, where the banks are incorporated, approved the merger Friday.

33. By breeding these white (genetically silver) sports intentionally, George Ellis of Delaware created the breed in 1940.

34. Lewis was born in Laurel, Delaware on 21 August 1882 and went to MIT to study engineering.

35. Harker came to Delaware five years ago less than 1 percent of the freshman class was international.

36. Was it right that tiny Delaware should have as many representatives as populous Virginia, Pennsylvania, or Massachusetts?

37. In 1968 they found a failing college in Delaware and began negotiations to make it the site.

38. The business outlook is based on responses from 150 manufacturers in eastern Pennsylvania, Delaware and southern New Jersey.

39. In 17 inventor John Fitch demonstrated his steamboat on the Delaware River to delegates of the Continental Congress.

40. In Delaware, employers are helping assess student prod products that combine academic research with its real-world applications.

41. I had a brother - in - law , Robert Holmes , master of a sloop that traded between Boston and Delaware.

42. Carothers was a group leader in DuPont's Experimental Station laboratory, near Wilmington, Delaware, where most polymer research was done.

43. The Lenape-Delaware were forced into the Shamokin and Wyoming Valleys, which were already overcrowded with other displaced tribes.

44. When Dr. Harker came to Delaware five years ago, less than 1 percent of the freshman class was international.

45. In May 1654 the Dutch Fort Casimir, located in present-day New Castle, Delaware was captured by New Sweden.

46. All told, then, they may have to increase their body weight by over 50 percent while in Delaware Bay.

47. On all but the most favorable soils, Delaware should be grafted on a phylloxera-resistant rootstock to ensure vigorous growth.

48. By trapping, marking, and weighing the knots, biologists have been able to piece together some alarming trends in Delaware Bay.

49. 9) Scenic river designations for the Delaware, White Clay, and other rivers will ensure that these rivers remain undammed forever.

50. The western section of the state is drained by the Allegheny River and rivers of the Susquehanna and Delaware River systems.