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Delmar

Delmar proper noun: a surname from Old French.

delmar: a surname from Old French
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Proper noun

Delmar

  1. A surname from Old French.
  2. A male given name transferred from the surname.
  3. An unincorporated community in Winston County, Alabama, originally named Frog Level.
  4. A town in Sussex County, Delaware, bordering the town in Maryland.
  5. A minor city in Clinton County, Iowa.
  6. A town in Wicomico County, Maryland, bordering the town in Delaware; the name is derived from Delaware and Maryland.
  7. An unincorporated community in Laclede County, Missouri.
  8. A hamlet in the town of Bethlehem, Albany County, New York.
  9. A township in Tioga County, Pennsylvania.
  10. An unincorporated community in Monongalia County, West Virginia.
  11. A town in Chippewa County, Wisconsin.

Origin of Delmar

Contraction of Delamare and de la Mare, from places in Normandy named La Mare (“the pond”). In the US, also borrowed from Catalan del Mar (“of the sea”).

Words formed from Delmar

Questions about Delmar

What does Delmar mean?
Delmar means a surname from Old French.
What part of speech is Delmar?
Delmar is a proper noun.

Words near Delmar in the dictionary

  1. delly
  2. Delma
  3. delmadinone
  4. Delman
  5. Delmans
  6. Delmar
  7. Delmar Divide
  8. Delmarva
  9. Delmas
  10. Delmonico
  11. Delmonico potatoes

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