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

“When I got hurt at the Connecticut game last year, I bawled in Steph’s arms. That’s somebody I will ride for, for the rest of my life,” Clark said.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 7, 2026

Residents of Utah and Maryland can now use it to combat skyrocketing utility bills, and seven more states—Colorado, Connecticut, Maine, New Hampshire, New York, Vermont and Virginia—have recently passed laws to make it possible, too.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 5, 2026

Exceptions with the most flexible rules include New York and Connecticut; because insurers must take all comers, policies in these states are more expensive.

From Barron's • Jun. 4, 2026

But this gun had not been sold by a Connecticut store.

From Salon • Jun. 2, 2026

A British agent in Redding, Connecticut, sent in another report: “Private dispatches are frequently sent” from New York “by way of Setauket, where a certain Brewster receives them, at, or near a certain woman’s.”

From "George Washington, Spymaster" by Thomas B. Allen