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Connecticut

noun

1. a New England state; one of the original 13 colonies (Freq. 3)

• Syn: ↑Nutmeg State, ↑Constitution State, ↑CT

• Instance Hypernyms: ↑American state

• Part Holonyms:

↑United States, ↑United States of America, ↑America, ↑the States, ↑US, ↑U.S., ↑USA, ↑U.S.A., ↑New England

• Part Meronyms:

↑Bridgeport, ↑Farmington, ↑Hartford, ↑capital of Connecticut, ↑New Haven, ↑New London, ↑Waterbury, ↑Housatonic, ↑Housatonic River, ↑Long Island Sound, ↑Taconic Mountains

2. 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

• Syn: ↑Connecticut River

• Instance Hypernyms: ↑river

• Part Holonyms:

↑United States, ↑United States of America, ↑America, ↑the States, ↑US, ↑U.S., ↑USA, ↑U.S.A.

3. one of the British colonies that formed the United States

• Instance Hypernyms: ↑Colony

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Connecticut [Connecticut]

a small US state forming part of ↑New England. It was one of the 13 original states. Its nickname is the Constitution State and the state song is ↑Yankee Doodle. Connecticut has many industries but also large forests. The capital city is Hartford, which is the centre for US insurance companies. Its largest city is Bridgeport. Many people living in south-western Connecticut travel to work each day in New York City.