Lenape - Name

Name

Lenni Lenape means "Human Beings" or the "Real People" in the Unami language. Their (autonym) is also spelled Lennape or Lenapi, meaning "the people." The term "Delaware" was used by the English, who named the people for their territory by the Delaware River. They named the river in honor of Lord De La Warr, the governor of the colony at Jamestown, Virginia. The English colonists used the exonym "Delaware" for almost all the Lenape people living along this river and its tributaries.