英语词汇delaware的起源、历史背景-英语词源词典

Delaware. Mencken points out that the map of this country is “besprinkled with place names from at least half a hundred languages, living and dead.” Of the eight classes he lists as their sources, “surnames” comes first. Delaware falls into this catego- ry, being the first alphabetically of American states that take their names from the names of individuals. The Diamond State commemorates English soldier Thomas West, Baron De La Warr (1577–1618), who in 1609 was appointed the first gover- nor of Virginia by the Virginia Company. Delaware Bay was named for Lord De La Warr by Sir Samuel Argall, who discov- ered it when the governor sent him on an expedition to locate supplies for the starving settlers at Jamestown; both Delaware and the Delaware Indians derive their names from this body of water. De La Warr had been appointed governor of Virginia for life, but died on his second trip from England to the colony and was buried at sea.

词汇	delaware
词源	Delaware. Mencken points out that the map of this country is “besprinkled with place names from at least half a hundred languages, living and dead.” Of the eight classes he lists as their sources, “surnames” comes first. Delaware falls into this catego- ry, being the first alphabetically of American states that take their names from the names of individuals. The Diamond State commemorates English soldier Thomas West, Baron De La Warr (1577–1618), who in 1609 was appointed the first gover- nor of Virginia by the Virginia Company. Delaware Bay was named for Lord De La Warr by Sir Samuel Argall, who discov- ered it when the governor sent him on an expedition to locate supplies for the starving settlers at Jamestown; both Delaware and the Delaware Indians derive their names from this body of water. De La Warr had been appointed governor of Virginia for life, but died on his second trip from England to the colony and was buried at sea.
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