Antonyms for delta

Grammar : Noun

Spell : del-tuh

Phonetic Transcription : ˈdɛl tə

Definition of delta

Origin : c.1200, Greek letter shaped like a triangle, equivalent to our "D," the name from Phoenician daleth "tent door." Herodotus used it of the mouth of the Nile, and it was so used in English from 1550s; applied to other river mouths from 1790.

As in inlet : noun arm of the sea
As in mouth : noun opening
As in flood plain : noun plain bordering a river
As in deposit : noun accumulation of solid

Example sentences :

He was exiled at the age of 30 to Tomi, a town south of the delta of the Danube.
Extract from : « The Story of the Invention of Steel Pens » by Henry Bore

The oval between the river and the hills to the East is known as the "Delta."
Extract from : « The Negro Farmer » by Carl Kelsey

The Delta records a benefit given him at the theatre in 1854.
Extract from : « The Journal of Negro History, Volume 2, 1917 » by Various

It empties into the Caspian Sea, with a delta of more than seventy branches.
Extract from : « The Story of Russia » by R. Van Bergen, M.A.

The Karens are numerically the strongest and live in the delta of the Irrawaddy.
Extract from : « Travels in the Far East » by Ellen Mary Hayes Peck

But nothing could have been more uninteresting than the banks of the river near its delta.
Extract from : « Up the River » by Oliver Optic

In this delta, more than a league square, lay the Golden Valley.
Extract from : « Wood Rangers » by Mayne Reid

Except in this delta rain never falls, that is to say, not to speak of.
Extract from : « Round the Wonderful World » by G. E. Mitton

The Mackenzie wanders on down for a hundred miles through its delta.
Extract from : « Young Alaskans in the Far North » by Emerson Hough

The Queen has sunk millions in the sand on the Syrian frontier of the Delta.
Extract from : « Cleopatra, Complete » by Georg Ebers

Synonyms for delta

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