Connecticut

American  

[kuh-net-i-kuht] / kəˈnɛt ɪ kət /

noun

1. a state in the northeastern United States. 5,009 sq. mi. (12,975 sq. km). Hartford. CT (for use with zip code), Conn., Ct.

2. a river flowing south from northern New Hampshire along the boundary between New Hampshire and Vermont and then through Massachusetts and Connecticut into Long Island Sound. 407 miles (655 km) long.

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Connecticut British  

/ kəˈnɛtɪkət /

noun

1. Abbreviation: Conn..   CT.  a state of the northeastern US, in New England. Capital: Hartford. Pop: 3 483 372 (2003 est). Area: 12 973 sq km (5009 sq miles)

2. a river in the northeastern US, rising in N New Hampshire and flowing south to Long Island Sound. Length: 651 km (407 miles)

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Connecticut Cultural  

1. State in the northeastern United States; southernmost of the New England states, bordered by Massachusetts to the north, Rhode Island to the east, the Atlantic Ocean to the south, and New York to the west. Its capital is Hartford, and its largest city is Bridgeport.

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One of the thirteen colonies.

Example Sentences

Paul and Lorenze, both 28, immersed themselves in their nearly-married life last month when they listed their own properties to buy a Connecticut mansion, which they have been renovating since they closed on it.

From MarketWatch

Eager to break up the winter in Connecticut, they went online and rented a house in Florida for February.

From The Wall Street Journal

His own gardens, located at homes in Connecticut and Berkeley, continue to be places of respite for Pollan, Marzorati says, “an antidote to urban life.”

From Los Angeles Times

In 2018, an elite group of academics and scientists planned to gather for an exclusive retreat at a luxury farm in the woods of Connecticut.

From Salon

A ban on non-essential travel was implemented in Rhode Island and also in neighbouring Connecticut.

From BBC