# Delamere

> English word · Proper noun · frequency rank #96,925

## Definitions
1. A village in Delamere and Oakmere parish, Cheshire West and Chester district, Cheshire, England (OS grid ref SJ5669).
2. A community in French River municipality, Ontario, Canada.
3. A locality in the Northern Territory, Australia.
4. A locality on the Fleurieu Peninsula, South Australia.
5. A surname.

## Etymology
* The placename senses are from French de (“of”) la (“the”) mer (“sea”).
* As an English and French surname, prefixed variant of Mear, itself related to the noun mere (both senses, meaning "pond" and "boundary"), a variant of Mayer, and a variant of Lemer.
Compare Delamare, de la Mare.

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/delamere