Editing Delaware (section)

==Etymology==
Delaware was named after its location on the [[Delaware Bay]], which in turn derived its name from [[Thomas West, 3rd Baron De La Warr]] (1577–1618), the first governor of the [[Colony of Virginia]]. The Delaware people, a name used by [[Europeans]] for [[Lenape]] people Indigenous to the Delaware Valley, also derive their name from the same source.

The name ''de La Warr'' was derived from [[Sussex]] and is of [[England|Anglo]]-French origin.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Ware DeGidio |first=Wanda |year=2011 |title=Ware Family History: Descendants from Ancient, Medieval, and Modern Kings and Queens, and Presidents of the United States |editor-first=Wanda |editor-last=Ware DeGidio |pages=10 |publisher=Wanda DeGidio |isbn=978-1-4010-9930-5 }}</ref><ref>{{cite book |last=Ware DeGidio |first=Wanda |year=2011 |title=Ware Family History: Descendants from Ancient, Medieval, and Modern Kings and Queens, and Presidents of the United States |editor-first=Wanda |editor-last=Ware DeGidio |page=10 |publisher=Wanda DeGidio |isbn=978-1-4010-9930-5 }}</ref> It came probably from a [[Norman language|Norman]] [[lieu-dit]] ''La Guerre''. This [[toponymic]] likely derived from [[Latin language|Latin]] ''[[wikt:ager#Latin|ager]]'', the [[Breton language|Breton]] ''[[wikt:gwern#Breton|gwern]]'' or from the [[Late Latin]] {{Lang|la|varectum}} ([[fallow]]). The toponyms Gara, Gare, Gaire, (the sound [[Open central unrounded vowel|[ä]]] often mutated in [[Near-open front unrounded vowel|[æ]]]) also appear in historical texts cited by [[Lucien Musset]], where the word ''ga(i)ra'' means [[Gore (road)|gore]]. It could also be linked with a [[patronymic]] from the [[Old Norse]] ''[[wikt:verr#Old Norse|verr]]''.