English Explanatory Dictionary

First State

English dictionary entry

Meanings

name
  1. Official nickname for Delaware: a state of the United States.

Word forms

First State the First State

Etymology

So nicknamed because Delaware was the first state to ratify the Constitution of the United States, although it was the last of the Thirteen Colonies to establish itself as a state.

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