Delaware Street
From Pittsburgh Streets
| Delaware Street | |
|---|---|
| Neighborhood | Perry North |
| Origin of name | The Lenape people, or the state of Delaware |
George T. Fleming says that Delaware Street is named for the Lenape people, also called the Delaware people.[1] Their traditional homeland is in New Jersey, northeastern Delaware, eastern Pennsylvania, and southern New York state; today they live in Oklahoma, Wisconsin, and Ontario. The name Lenape comes from the Unami self-designation ləná:p:e, from words meaning "ordinary, real, or original person." The name Delaware was originally that of the English nobleman Thomas West, 3rd Baron De La Warr, first used as a place name by the British to refer to the Delaware River and later applied to the Delaware Colony and the Native American people.[2]
On the other hand, Bob Regan includes "Delaware" in a list of streets named for states.[3]
References
- ↑ George T. Fleming. "History recalled by street names: Stanwix brings to mind many important happenings in the early days of the Western Pennsylvania settlement." Pittsburgh Gazette Times, Dec. 6, 1914, sec. 2, p. 8. Newspapers.com 85907599. [view source] fleming-history-recalled
- ↑ William Bright. Native American Placenames of the United States, p. 133. University of Oklahoma Press, Norman, 2004, ISBN 978-0-8061-3598-4. [view source] bright
- ↑ Bob Regan. The Names of Pittsburgh: How the City, Neighborhoods, Streets, Parks and More Got Their Names, p. 73. The Local History Company, Pittsburgh, 2009, ISBN 978-0-9770429-7-5. [view source] regan
