U radu se razmatra etimologija toponima Delnice, pitanje njegova prvog spominjanja i standardnojezična dimenzija toga imena. Zaključeno je da lik Delnice nije domaći, da u tom primjeru lokalni izgovor nije uzdrmao tradiciju što traje još od 15. stoljeća.The author discusses the etymology of the place-name Delnice, the question of its first record and its form in the light of the Croatian standard. He concludes that the form Delnice is not indigenous, and that in this respect the local pronunciation did not disrupt the tradition lasting from the 15th century