• Telodzrum@lemmy.world
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    1 day ago

    It’s named after an English queen. Delaware being named for Della Reese centuries before she was born is the the stupid one.

    • calliope@retrolemmy.com
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      17 hours ago

      I was like “wtf is Delaware’s etymology?”

      It’s named after the Delaware bay, which was in turn named after the first governor of the colony of Virginia, Thomas West, 3rd Baron De La Warr (1577-1618).