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connecticut river

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Con⋅nect⋅i⋅cut

  [kuh-net-i-kuht]
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–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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Connecticut River  
A river of the northeast United States flowing about 655 km (407 mi) from northern New Hampshire southward along the Vermont-New Hampshire border and through central Massachusetts and Connecticut to its outlet on Long Island Sound.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
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Cultural Dictionary

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
Copyright © 2005 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved.
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Word Origin & History

Connecticut 
said to be from Mohican quinnitukqut "at the long tidal river."
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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