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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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| Con·nect·i·cut (kə-nět'ĭ-kət) Abbr. CT or Conn. or Ct. A state of the northeast United States. It was admitted as one of the original Thirteen Colonies in 1788. Connecticut's coastline was explored by Dutch navigators after 1614, and in 1635 colonists from Massachusetts Bay began to settle in the Connecticut River valley. The Fundamental Orders, a constitution based on the consent of the governed, was adopted by the colony in 1639. Hartford is the capital and Bridgeport the largest city. Population: 3,500,000. |
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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.
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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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