blue hen state

Englisch - Englisch

Definition von blue hen state im Englisch Englisch wörterbuch

The State of Delaware; a popular sobriquet

It is said, though the story lacks proof, to have taken its origin from the insistence of a Delaware Revolutionary captain, named Caldwell, that no cock could be truly game unless the mother was a blue hen, whence Blue Hen's Chickens came to be a nickname for the people of Delaware

Relevante Übersetzungen

blue state

A state of the United States voting Democratic in a given election, or tending to vote Democratic in general

Silbentrennung

Blue hen state

Türkische aussprache

blu hen steyt

Aussprache

/ˈblo͞o ˈhen ˈstāt/ /ˈbluː ˈhɛn ˈsteɪt/