noun
1. a state in New England; one of the original 13 colonies (Freq. 1)
• Syn: ↑Granite State, ↑NH
• 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:
↑Dartmouth College, ↑Dartmouth, ↑Concord, ↑capital of New Hampshire, ↑Manchester, ↑Portsmouth, ↑Merrimack, ↑Merrimack River
2. one of the British colonies that formed the United States
• Instance Hypernyms: ↑Colony
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New Hampshire [New Hampshire]
a north-eastern US state in ↑New England, also called the Granite State. The largest city is Manchester, and the capital city is Concord. New Hampshire was the first independent English ↑colony (from 1776) and one of the original 13 states. It produces electrical goods, stone, clay and paper products, as well as many crops. Popular tourist attractions include the White Mountain National Forest and Lake Winnipesaukee.
Useful english dictionary. 2012.