Meaning and background
The story behind Delta
Delta is the fourth letter of the Greek alphabet and also describes land formed where a river branches near its mouth. The geographical usage grew from the triangular outline of the Greek capital letter. Those are established word meanings rather than the history of a separate personal name. Delta is a short, emphatic two-syllable dog name, with both scientific and landscape associations available.
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About Delta
Recorded as a dog’s name
Delta appears in 13 dog licence records in the 2026 New York City dataset.
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Pronunciation and rhythm
/dɛltə/
US English sound sequence, converted from the CMU dictionary. Stress marks are shown separately.
Stress on the first syllable in the recorded US readings.
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/dɛltə/ · primary stress on syllable 1D EH1 L T AH0
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Sources and research notes (2)
- New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene NYC Dog Licensing Dataset — extract_year 2026 — Dog licence periods, not unique dogs; NYC only. No owner-level fields retrieved.
- Carnegie Mellon University / CMU Sphinx maintainers CMU US English Pronouncing Dictionary — US English dictionary readings; not owner-specific or exhaustive multilingual pronunciation
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