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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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Center of the insurance industry.

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“The interest payments are starting to snowball,” said Joe Boyle at Hartford Funds.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 27, 2026

“The supply, structurally, should keep yields elevated,” said Joe Boyle, head of asset-class specialists at Hartford Funds.

From MarketWatch Jul. 27, 2026

Hundreds of knitted teddy bears, lambs, dogs and rabbits have been placed in Hartford, Cheshire, for children, with just a gift tag signed from an elusive "Granny H".

From BBC Jun. 9, 2026

“I do think you have places to hide in 2026,” says Joe Boyle, head of asset class specialists at Hartford Funds.

From Barron's May 21, 2026

He’d been elected to the General Assembly in Hartford, but he’d been pushed out of it by the Patriots for being a Tory.

From "My Brother Sam is Dead" by James Lincoln Collier and Christopher Collier

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