New Hampshire

New Hampshire Abbr. NH or N.H.

A state of the northeast United States between Vermont and Maine. It was admitted as one of the original Thirteen Colonies in 1788. First explored in 1603, it was settled by colonists from Massachusetts during the 1620s and 1630s and became a separate colony in 1741. New Hampshire was the first colony to declare its independence from Great Britain and the first to establish its own government (January 1776). Concord is the capital and Manchester the largest city. Population: 1,320,000.

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New Hampshir·ite n.

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New Hampshire

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(Placename) a state of the northeastern US: generally hilly. Capital: Concord. Pop.: 1 235 786 (2000 est.). Area: 23 379 sq. km (9027 sq. miles) Abbreviations N.H (with zip code), NH

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Noun	1.	New Hampshire - a state in New England; one of the original 13 colonies Granite State, NH Dartmouth, Dartmouth College - a college in New Hampshire U.S.A., United States, United States of America, US, USA, America, the States, U.S. - North American republic containing 50 states - 48 conterminous states in North America plus Alaska in northwest North America and the Hawaiian Islands in the Pacific Ocean; achieved independence in 1776 New England - a region of northeastern United States comprising Maine and New Hampshire and Vermont and Massachusetts and Rhode Island and Connecticut capital of New Hampshire, Concord - capital of the state of New Hampshire; located in south central New Hampshire on the Merrimack river Manchester - largest city in New Hampshire; located in southeastern New Hampshire on the Merrimack river Portsmouth - a port town in southeastern New Hampshire on the Atlantic Ocean Merrimack, Merrimack River - a river that rises in south central New Hampshire and flows through Concord and Manchester into Massachusetts and empties into the Atlantic Ocean
	2.	New Hampshire - one of the British colonies that formed the United States