connecticut

Noun
  1. is an instance of: american state - one of the 50 states of the United States
    has:
    • bridgeport - a port in southwestern Connecticut on Long Island Sound
    • farmington - a residential town in central Connecticut
    • capital of connecticut, hartford - the state capital of Connecticut; located in central Connecticut on the Connecticut river; a center of the insurance business
    • new haven - a city in southwestern Connecticut; site of Yale University
    • new london - a town in southeastern Connecticut near Long Island Sound; an important whaling center in the 19th century
    • waterbury - a city in west central Connecticut
    • housatonic, housatonic river - a river that rises in western Massachusetts and flows south through Connecticut to empty into Long Island Sound
    • long island sound - a sound between Long Island and Connecticut
    • taconic mountains - a range of the Appalachian Mountains along the eastern border of New York with Connecticut, Massachusetts, and Vermont
    is a part of:
    • america, the states, u.s., u.s.a., united states, united states of america, us, usa - North American republic containing 50 states - 48 conterminous states in North America plus Alaska in northwest North America and the Hawaiian Islands in the Pacific Ocean; achieved independence in 1776
    • new england - a region of northeastern United States comprising Maine and New Hampshire and Vermont and Massachusetts and Rhode Island and Connecticut
    same as: constitution state, ct, ct., nutmeg state
  2. is an instance of: river - a large natural stream of water (larger than a creek)
    is a part of: america, the states, u.s., u.s.a., united states, united states of america, us, usa - North American republic containing 50 states - 48 conterminous states in North America plus Alaska in northwest North America and the Hawaiian Islands in the Pacific Ocean; achieved independence in 1776
    same as: connecticut river
  3. is an instance of: colony - one of the 13 British colonies that formed the original states of the United States

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