Vermont

American  

[ver-mont] / vərˈmɒnt /

noun

1. a state of the northeastern United States: a part of New England. 9,609 sq. mi. (24,885 sq. km). Montpelier. VT (for use with zip code), Vt.

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Vermont British  

/ vɜːˈmɒnt /

noun

1. Abbreviation: Vt.   VT.  a state in the northeastern US: crossed from north to south by the Green Mountains; bounded on the east by the Connecticut River and by Lake Champlain in the northwest Capital: Montpelier. Pop: 619 107 (2003 est). Area: 24 887 sq km (9609 sq miles)

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Vermont Cultural  

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

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It is home to the Green Mountains, from which it derives its name.

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On Thursday, six F-35s from the Vermont National Guard were seen landing in the Azores, moved from the Caribbean region to a position that is closer to the Middle East.

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They include Rhode Island, New York, Indiana, Colorado and Hawaii, as well as Washington, Vermont and Maine, where lawmakers have proposed both merger-review bills and corporate-practice bills, he said.

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The author also describes the formative decades when Mr. Sanders—born in Brooklyn, N.Y., to unhappy blue-collar Jewish parents—scrapped his way through high school and college before moving to rural Vermont in 1968.

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Five states—California, Hawaii, New Mexico, Vermont and West Virginia—lost population in the latest period.

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The latest data also show five states lost population in the most recent year—Vermont, Hawaii, West Virginia, New Mexico and California—up from two the prior year.

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