New Hampshire

American  

[hamp-sher, -sheer] / ˈhæmp ʃər, -ʃɪər /

noun

1. a state in the northeastern United States. 9,304 sq. mi. (24,100 sq. km). Concord. NH (for use with zip code), N.H.

2. one of an American breed of chestnut-red chickens raised for meat and eggs.

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New Hampshire British  

noun

1. Abbreviation: N.H..   NH.  a state of the northeastern US: generally hilly. Capital: Concord. Pop: 1 287 687 (2003 est). Area: 23 379 sq km (9027 sq miles)

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New Hampshire Cultural  

1. State in the northeastern United States; one of the New England states. Bordered by Quebec, Canada, to the north; Maine to the east; Massachusetts to the south; and Vermont to the west. Its capital is Concord, and its largest city is Manchester.

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One of the thirteen colonies.

Other Word Forms

Derived Forms

• New Hampshireman
  noun
• New Hampshirite
  noun

Example Sentences

“It can go either to Michigan, New Hampshire, Georgia, Iowa, Alaska. Or it can go here to Texas, which is extremely expensive.”

From Los Angeles Times • May 27, 2026

With fewer than 1 million residents, D.C.’s small population will enhance direct voter contact and retail politics of the sort always championed by advocates of New Hampshire and Iowa.

From Slate • May 26, 2026

Mr. Sununu is the former governor of New Hampshire.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 20, 2026

Last September, Giuliani was a passenger in a Ford Bronco when it was struck from behind in the US state of New Hampshire.

From BBC • May 4, 2026

Devon luckily had very little of such weather—the icy clamp of winter, or the radiant New Hampshire summers, were more characteristic of it—but this day it blew wet, moody gusts all around me.

From "A Separate Peace" by John Knowles