Delaware

Delaware

Delaware dĕl´əwâr, –wər , city (1990 pop. 20,030), seat of Delaware co., central Ohio, on the Olentangy River; inc. as a city 1903. A trade center in a fertile farm area, it also has some manufacturing. Ohio Wesleyan Univ. is in Delaware, which is also the birthplace of President Rutherford B. Hayes. During the War of 1812, the city served as Gen. William Henry Harrison 's headquarters.

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Del·a·ware • n. (pl. same or -wares) 1. a member of an American Indian people formerly inhabiting the Delaware River valley of New Jersey and eastern Pennsylvania. 2. either of two Algonquian languages (Munsi and Unami) spoken by this people. • adj. of or relating to the Delaware or their languages.

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