1
- a river of the north-eastern US. Rising in the Catskill Mountains in New York State, it flows some 450 km (280 miles) southwards to northern Delaware, where it meets the Atlantic at Delaware Bay. For much of its length it forms the eastern border of Pennsylvania.特拉华河（美国东北部河流, 发源于纽约州的卡茨基尔山, 流程约450公里, 即280英里, 向南流至特拉华州北部, 在那里的特拉华湾汇入大西洋; 大部分特拉华河构成宾夕法尼亚州的东部边界）。
2
- a state of the US on the Atlantic coast, one of the original thirteen states of the Union (1787); pop. 873,092 (est. 2008); capital, Dover.特拉华州（美国大西洋海岸的一个州, 联邦最早的13个州之一[1787], 2008年估计人口873,092, 首府多佛）。
派生词
Delawarean
noun & ajective(复同单, 或Delawares)
1
- a member of an American Indian people formerly inhabiting the Delaware River valley of New Jersey and eastern Pennsylvania特拉华人（早期生活在特拉华河谷的美洲印第安人）。
2
- mass noun either of two Algonquian languages (Munsi and Unami), both now extinct, spoken by this people特拉华语（两种阿尔冈琴语之一, 现都已消失）。
- of or relating to the Delawares or their languages（与）特拉华语（有关）的; （与）特拉华人（有关）的。
词源
named after the River Delaware （see DELAWARE1）.