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Groton

American  
[grot-n] / ˈgrɒt n /

noun

  1. a city in SE Connecticut.


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Piney Woods will never be mistaken for Phillips Exeter or Groton.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 28, 2025

Other raw milk drinkers, such as Peg Coleman, a medical microbiologist who runs Coleman Scientific Consulting, a Groton, N.Y.-based food safety consulting company, claimed the government’s warnings have no basis in reality.

From Los Angeles Times • May 12, 2024

As a teenager at the Groton School in Massachusetts, he made adjustments to cope with dyslexia.

From New York Times • Jun. 26, 2023

The wreck happened shortly after 11 a.m. on the southbound side of the Gold Star Memorial Bridge carrying the highway over the Thames River between New London and Groton.

From Seattle Times • Apr. 21, 2023

The top of her Groton T-shirt was visible.

From "Middlesex: A Novel" by Jeffrey Eugenides