Connecticut

Con·nect·i·cut  (k-nt-kt)

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 [kəˈnɛtɪkət]

n

1. (Placename) a state of the northeastern US, in New England. Capital: Hartford Pop.: 3 405 565 (1997 est.). Area: 12 973 sq. km (5009 sq. miles). Abbreviations Conn. (with zip code), CT

2. (Placename) a river in the northeastern US, rising in N New Hampshire and flowing south to Long Island Sound. Length: 651 km (407 miles)

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	Connecticut - a New England state; one of the original 13 colonies Constitution State, CT, Nutmeg State 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 Bridgeport - a port in southwestern Connecticut on Long Island Sound Farmington - a residential town in central Connecticut capital of Connecticut, Hartford - the state capital of Connecticut; located in central Connecticut on the Connecticut river; a center of the insurance business New Haven - a city in southwestern Connecticut; site of Yale University New London - a town in southeastern Connecticut near Long Island Sound; an important whaling center in the 19th century Waterbury - a city in west central Connecticut Housatonic, Housatonic River - a river that rises in western Massachusetts and flows south through Connecticut to empty into Long Island Sound Long Island Sound - a sound between Long Island and Connecticut Taconic Mountains - a range of the Appalachian Mountains along the eastern border of New York with Connecticut, Massachusetts, and Vermont
	2.	Connecticut - a river in the northeastern United States; flows south from northern New Hampshire along the border between New Hampshire and Vermont and through Massachusetts and Connecticut where it empties into Long Island Sound Connecticut River 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
	3.	Connecticut - one of the British colonies that formed the United States