Delaware Bay
- proper noun
- /ˈdɛləˌwɛr beɪ/
:
bahía de Delaware
- One place to view that spectacle is at Cape Henlopen State Park, near the mouth of Delaware Bay.
- Delaware Bay oyster
Examples
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However, later publications (Andrews, 1988; Sindermann, 1990) cite Delaware Bay as the northern boundary.
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The occurrence of P. marinus in oysters north of Delaware Bay apparently remains a rare event at this time.
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Then, just before mid-May, the red knots fly 4,000 miles nonstop to Delaware Bay.
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Author-illustrator Nancy Carol Willis has not only written guides to Delaware birds, but also produced a picture book about the life cycle of the red knots that visit Delaware Bay.
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During 1985, Ahrenholz et al. (1987a) found infected juvenile Atlantic menhaden from estuarine systems from Delaware Bay to northern Florida.
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One popular activity at Cape Henlopen State Park is watching the wildlife near the mouth of Delaware Bay.
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Every year, thousands of birds return to Delaware Bay during their migration.
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The breathtaking view from the cliffs shows where the Delaware Bay meets the Atlantic Ocean.
Surface Forms
Morphology
This is a compositional place name: 'Delaware' (a geographic name for the river/state) combined with 'bay' (a coastal inlet) yields the obvious meaning 'the bay associated with Delaware'. The structure and semantics are transparent and cross-linguistically common, so a B1 learner who knows both constituents would readily infer the MWE's meaning.
Etymology
Delaware Bay was named after the Delaware River, which was 'named for' an English leader, Lord De La Warr, who visited the area in the 1600s. Because the river flows into this bay, the bay kept his name, so today Delaware Bay means the wide coastal water fed by that river.
