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DIAMOND STATE [1 record]

Record 1 2011-08-18

English

Subject field(s)
  • Place Names (outside Canada)
DEF

One of the Thirteen Colonies, the State of Delaware became the 1st state of the United States of America in 1787.

OBS

Middle Atlantic state of U.S.A., bounded on the north and the northwest by Pennsylvania, on the east by the Delaware River, the Delaware Bay and the Atlantic Ocean, and on the south and the west by Maryland.

OBS

Nicknames: First State; Diamond State; Blue Hen State.

OBS

Capital: Dover. Chieftown: Wilmington. Other city: Newark.

OBS

DE: The ISO two-letter code to be used only as post symbol in addresses or for data in rows or columns where the number of characters is restricted.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Toponymes (hors Canada)
DEF

L'un des treize États fondateurs, l'État du Delaware est devenu le 1er État des États-Unis d'Amérique en 1787.

OBS

État de l'Est des États-Unis, au bord de l'Atlantique, limité à l'est par la baie de la Delaware.

OBS

Histoire : Formé en État dès 1776, le Delaware fut le premier à ratifier la Constitution fédérale en 1787.

OBS

Capitale : Dover.

OBS

DE : Code ISO à deux lettres à n'utiliser que comme indicatif de la poste pour l'adressage ou dans les tableaux où les données figurent en colonnes et dans un nombre limité de caractères.

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