Connecticut

/kəˈnɛdəkət/

/kəˈnɛtɪkət/

Other forms: Connecticuts

Definitions of Connecticut

1. noun

   a New England state; one of the original 13 colonies
   synonyms: CT, Constitution State, Nutmeg State

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   American state

   one of the 50 states of the United States
2. noun

   one of the British colonies that formed the United States
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   Colony

   one of the 13 British colonies that formed the original states of the United States
3. noun

   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
   synonyms: Connecticut River

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   river

   a large natural stream of water (larger than a creek)