Connecticut (n.)

  1. a New England state; one of the original 13 colonies

    [ Syn: connecticut , nutmeg state , constitution state , ct ]

  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 , connecticut river ]

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

    [ Syn: connecticut ]

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