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Del.

A diminutive of the male given name Derek.

3 characters1 syllables approx.English language

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name

  1. A diminutive of the male given name Derek.

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name

  1. Abbreviation of Delaware.

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  2. Abbreviation of Delhi.

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  3. Abbreviation of Delphinus.

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noun

  1. Abbreviation of Delete (“key of a computer keyboard that deletes text, files, etc.”).

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Last enriched 2026-09-10. Definitions are in English. Romanizations are shown when supplied by the source; syllable estimates are omitted for unsupported scripts.