Editing Lenape (section)

==Name==
The name '''Lenni Lenape''' originates from two autonyms, ''{{Lang|del|Lenni}}'', which means "genuine, pure, real, original", and ''{{Lang|one|Lenape}}'', meaning "real person" or "original person".<ref>[https://www.etymonline.com/word/Lenape#etymonline_v_6680 "Online Etymology Dictionary."] Retrieved October 10, 2019.</ref> ''{{Lang|del|Lënu}}'' may be translated as "man".<ref name=talking>[http://www.talk-lenape.org/search.php?q=man&ls=english&x=0&y=0 "Lenape Talking Dictionary."] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131203010003/http://www.talk-lenape.org/search.php?q=man&ls=english&x=0&y=0 |date=2013-12-03 }} ''[[Delaware Tribe of Indians]].'' Retrieved December 2, 2013.</ref>  Adam DePaul, the Storykeeper of the [[Lenape Nation of Pennsylvania]], calls the name "an anglicized grammatical error that basically translates as the 'original people people.'" While acknowledging that some Lenape do identify as Lenni Lenape or Delaware, DePaul says "the best word to use when referring to us is simply 'Lenape.'"<ref>{{cite web |title=The Lenape and the Land |url=https://schuylkillcenter.org/the-lenape-and-the-land/ |website=schuylkillcenter.org |publisher=The Schuylkill Center |access-date=27 September 2024 |date=1 November 2021}}</ref>

When first encountered by European settlers, the Lenape were a loose association of closely related peoples who spoke similar languages and shared familial bonds in an area known as [[Lenapehoking]],<ref name=n10>Newman 10</ref> the Lenape historical territory, which spanned what is now eastern [[Pennsylvania]], [[New Jersey]], [[Lower New York Bay]], and eastern [[Delaware]].

The tribe's common name ''Delaware'' comes from the [[French language]]. English colonists named the [[Delaware River]] for the first governor of the [[Province of Virginia]], [[Thomas West, 3rd Baron De La Warr|Lord De La Warr]]. The [[Kingdom of Great Britain|British]] colonists began to call the Lenape the Delaware Indians because of where they lived.

[[Sweden|Swedish]] colonists also settled in the area, and [[Swedish language|Swedish]] sources called the Lenape the ''Renappi''.<ref>Goddard 235</ref>