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From: Ken
Date: 3/1/2003
Time: 5:50:04 PM
Remote Name: 209.214.90.86
What does it mean literally? Or do you mean in a more introspective way, like what does it mean to BE Delaware?
Literally it means nothing, it's not a native word. Some English captain named the Delaware Bay after some guy named Lord de la Warr. The colonists transposed the name onto the Lenape living in the area. It's one of those white labels that just stuck.
I'm not too fond of it, I prefer to call myself Lenape, but I don't get my feathers ruffled over it either. You are what you are, if it's easier for simpletons to put a label on you then let them knock themselves out.