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Delfines

Delfines de Ciudad del Carmen (Ciudad del Carmen Dolphins), Mexican League baseball expansion team 2012-2016 at Estadio Resurgimiento, managed by Félix Fermín, best season 2013 (63-46); moved to Durango in 2017 as Generales de Durango.

Delfino Pescara 1936

Delfino Pescara 1936, known as Pescara, is an Italian football club founded 4 July 1936 in Pescara, Abruzzo. The only Abruzzese club to reach Serie A, it plays at the Stadio Adriatico in white and blue.

DelFly

DelFly is a family of dragonfly-like flapping-wing micro air vehicles developed at Delft University of Technology since 2005, ranging from 21 grams down to a record 3.07-gram camera-carrying micro version.

Delfo Cabrera

Delfo Cabrera (Delfor Cabrera Gómez), Argentine runner, 1948 London Olympic marathon champion in 2:34:51.6; also 1951 Pan American Games marathon gold and 1952 Helsinki sixth place.

Delft

Delft, South Holland city between The Hague and Rotterdam; city rights 1246, home of Vermeer, Delft Blue, royal crypt and TU Delft; 110,044 residents (2026).

Delft University of Technology

Delft University of Technology (Technische Universiteit Delft, TU Delft) is the oldest and largest Dutch technical university, founded 8 January 1842 by King Willem II as a Royal Academy in Delft; renamed Polytechnische School 1864, Technische Hogeschool 1905, and TU Delft 1986, with 26,000+ students and eight faculties.

Delft-FEWS

Delft-FEWS, short for Flood Early Warning System, is a platform by the Dutch institute Deltares that integrates data and models for operational flood forecasting, introduced in 2002.

Delft3D

Delft3D is a software suite simulating hydrodynamics, sediment transport, waves, and water quality in coastal, estuarine, and river waters, developed by WL | Delft Hydraulics.

Delftia

Delftia is a genus of gram-negative, strictly aerobic Comamonadaceae bacteria (Betaproteobacteria) established by Wen et al. in 1999, with six species including D. acidovorans; known for delftibactin-mediated gold precipitation, bioremediation traits, and rare opportunistic infections.

Delftware

Delftware, also known as Delft Blue or Delft pottery, is Dutch tin-glazed earthenware first made in Delft in the early 17th century to imitate imported Chinese porcelain.

Delgamuukw v British Columbia

Delgamuukw v British Columbia ([1997] 3 S.C.R. 1010) is the Supreme Court of Canada's 1997 Aboriginal title ruling, arising from the Gitxsan and Wet'suwet'en hereditary chiefs' 1984 claim over 58,000 km2 of northwest British Columbia; it defined Aboriginal title as sui generis, set the proof test, and barred provincial extinguishment.

Delhaize Group

Delhaize Group was a Belgian food retail company founded in 1867 in Charleroi, known for Food Lion and Hannaford, that merged into Ahold in 2016.

Delhi (दिल्ली)

Delhi (दिल्ली), India's National Capital Territory, is a megacity of about 30 million and the world's second-largest metro area. Eight historical cities, NCT governance since 1991, services-led economy, and severe winter PM2.5 smog under GRAP stages.

Delhi Belly (film)

Delhi Belly is a 2011 Indian Hindi-language black comedy film directed by Abhinay Deo, in which three Delhi flatmates accidentally become couriers for smuggled diamonds.

Delhi Cantonment

Delhi Cantonment, popularly Delhi Cantt, is a combined military and civilian cantonment in southwest Delhi, India, established in 1914 and run by the Delhi Cantonment Board.

Delhi Capitals (दिल्ली कैपिटल्स)

Delhi Capitals (दिल्ली कैपिटल्स), formerly Delhi Daredevils, is a GMR-JSW co-owned IPL and WPL franchise founded 2008, based at Arun Jaitley Stadium; IPL runners-up 2020, WPL runners-up all four seasons.

Delhi Capitals in 2020

Delhi Capitals' 2020 IPL season: captained by Shreyas Iyer, played in the UAE bio-bubble, reached the franchise's first-ever final, and lost to Mumbai Indians by 5 wickets; Dhawan scored 618 runs, Rabada took 30 wickets.

Delhi cricket team

The Delhi cricket team is a first-class side run by the Delhi & District Cricket Association, based at the Arun Jaitley Stadium and a seven-time Ranji Trophy winner.

Delhi Crime (दिल्ली क्राइम)

Delhi Crime (दिल्ली क्राइम) is a Netflix Hindi crime drama created by Richie Mehta, starring Shefali Shah as DCP Vartika Chaturvedi; three seasons (2019, 2022, 2025) dramatize the Nirbhaya case, the Chaddi Baniyan Gang, and trafficking, winning India's first International Emmy.

Delhi Durbar

Delhi Durbar (Imperial Durbar, Court of Delhi): three mass assemblies at Coronation Park, Delhi, in 1877, 1903, and 1911 proclaiming Victoria, Edward VII, and George V as Emperor or Empress of India; the 1911 event announced the capital's move from Calcutta.

Delhi Durbar of 1911

The Delhi Durbar of 1911 (दिल्ली दरबार १९११) was an imperial assemblage at Delhi on 12 December 1911, where King George V and Queen Mary were proclaimed Emperor and Empress of India.

Delhi Gadhakal

Delhi Gadhakal (ദൽഹി ഗാഥകൾ), translated as Delhi: A Soliloquy, is a 2011 Malayalam novel by M. Mukundan following Malayali migrants in Delhi from the 1960s onward; its English translation won the 2020 JCB Prize.

Delhi Ganesh

Delhi Ganesh (டெல்லி கணேஷ்), born Ganesan in 1944, was a Tamil character actor, ex-Indian Air Force serviceman, and Balachander discovery who appeared in over 400 films before dying in Chennai in November 2024.

Delhi Junction railway station (दिल्ली जंक्शन रेलवे स्टेशन)

Delhi Junction railway station, popularly known as Old Delhi railway station, is the oldest railway station in Delhi, opened in 1903 with 16 platforms today.

Delhi Legislative Assembly

Delhi Legislative Assembly (दिल्ली विधान सभा), unicameral 70-member legislature of the National Capital Territory of Delhi under Article 239AA; cannot legislate on police, public order, or land; BJP won 47 seats in 2025.

Delhi Metro (दिल्ली मेट्रो)

Delhi Metro (दिल्ली मेट्रो) is a rapid transit system serving Delhi and adjoining National Capital Region cities, operated by DMRC since its first corridor opened in 2002.

Delhi Metro Rail Corporation

Delhi Metro Rail Corporation Limited (DMRC) is a joint venture of the Indian and Delhi governments, registered in 1995, that builds and operates the Delhi Metro and runs the Aqua Line and Rapid Metro Gurugram.

Delhi Police (दिल्ली पुलिस)

Delhi Police (दिल्ली पुलिस) is the law enforcement agency for the National Capital Territory of Delhi, India, headed by a Commissioner under the central government.

Delhi Public School Society

The Delhi Public School Society, also known as Delhi Public School, is a non-profit educational organization in Delhi, India, founded in 1948, running over 200 schools.

Delhi Republic Day parade

The Delhi Republic Day parade is an annual 26 January ceremony on Kartavya Path, New Delhi, combining military displays, fly-pasts, and state and ministry tableaux; it has been held on Rajpath/Kartavya Path since 1955, organized by the Ministry of Defence.