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Connecticut - 4 dictionary results
Con⋅nect⋅i⋅cut
[kuh-net-i-kuh
t]
–noun
| 1. | a state in the NE United States. 3,107,576; 5009 sq. mi. (12,975 sq. km). Capital: Hartford. Abbreviation: Conn., Ct., CT (for use with zip code). |
| 2. | a river flowing S from N New Hampshire along the boundary between New Hampshire and Vermont and then through Massachusetts and Connecticut into Long Island Sound. 407 mi. (655 km) long. |
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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
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Connecticut
State in the northeastern United States; southernmost of the New England states, bordered by Massachusetts to the north, Rhode Island to the east, the Atlantic Ocean to the south, and New York to the west. Its capital is Hartford, and its largest city is Bridgeport.
Note: One of the thirteen colonies.
The American Heritage® New Dictionary of Cultural Literacy, Third Edition
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Connecticut
said to be from Mohican quinnitukqut "at the long tidal river."
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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