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The Delmarva Peninsula is the peninsula that the states of Delaware, Maryland, and Virginia share. Delmarva is a combination of an abbreviation of all three state's names in alphabetical order.

Delaware + Maryland + Virginia = Delmarva.

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Because the peninsula includes DE, VA, and MD. Del(DE)-mar(MD)-va(VA).

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