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Hartford

American  
[hahrt-ferd] / ˈhɑrt fərd /

noun

  1. (George) Huntington, 2nd, 1911–2008, U.S. businessman and patron of the arts.

  2. a port in and the capital of Connecticut, in the central part, on the Connecticut River.


Hartford British  
/ ˈhɑːtfəd /

noun

  1. a port in central Connecticut, on the Connecticut River: the state capital. Pop: 124 387 (2003 est)

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Hartford Cultural  
  1. Capital of Connecticut.


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Consider Joseph Morgan III. Born in 1780 into a Welsh immigrant family that became successful Massachusetts farmers, he sold the farm and invested in a Hartford, Conn., coffeehouse and stagecoach line.

From Barron's

Consider Joseph Morgan III. Born in 1780 into a Welsh immigrant family that became successful Massachusetts farmers, he sold the farm and invested in a Hartford, Conn., coffeehouse and stagecoach line.

From Barron's

At Murphy Road Recycling’s material recovery facility near Hartford, the machines are taking over the dirtiest jobs.

From The Wall Street Journal

Troy Muckle, a 29-year-old investor based in Hartford, Conn., said his portfolio has just about kept pace with the broader market this year.

From The Wall Street Journal

This has created a bottleneck as industrial demand for the metal has become “relentless,” said American Hartford Gold’s Baecker.

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