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nouna 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
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nouna New England state; one of the original 13 colonies
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nounone of the British colonies that formed the United States
Definition that contains connecticut
- yale English philanthropist who made contributions to a college in Connecticut that was renamed in his honor (1649-1721)
- yale a university in Connecticut
- 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
- springfield a city and manufacturing center in southwestern Massachusetts on the Connecticut River
- waterbury a city in west central Connecticut
- hartford the state capital of Connecticut; located in central Connecticut on the Connecticut river; a center of the insurance business
- farmington a residential town in central Connecticut
- bridgeport a port in southwestern Connecticut on Long Island Sound
- trumbull American Revolutionary leader who as governor of Connecticut provided supplies for the Continental Army (1710-1785)
- new london a town in southeastern Connecticut near Long Island Sound; an important whaling center in the 19th century