[hahrt-ferd] 
| 1. | (George) Huntington, 2nd, born 1911, U.S. businessman and patron of the arts. |
| 2. | a port in and the capital of Connecticut, in the central part, on the Connecticut River. 136,392. |
[kuh-net-i-kuh
t] | 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. |
| Hart·ford (härt'fərd) The capital of Connecticut, in the north-central part of the state on the Connecticut River. Settled 1635-1636 by Massachusetts colonists on the site of a Dutch trading post, it became the nucleus of the Connecticut Colony in 1639. From 1701 to 1875 it was joint capital with New Haven. Population: 125,000. |
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.