New Haven

American

noun

a seaport in S Connecticut, on Long Island Sound.

New Haven British

noun

an industrial city and port in S Connecticut, on Long Island Sound: settled in 1638 by English Puritans, who established it as a colony in 1643; seat of Yale University (1701). Pop: 124 512 (2003 est)

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New Haven Cultural

City in southern Connecticut.

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Location of Yale University.

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The program has looked to far-off cities like New Haven and Hartford in the hopes of training more workers.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 18, 2026

In November 2025, the latest month for which data are available, home prices grew the most in New Haven, Conn., Syracuse, N.Y., and Scranton, Pa., according to a report by Intercontinental Exchange.

From MarketWatch • Feb. 3, 2026

“It’s much easier to fix one person,” said Declan Hill, an expert on match-fixing at the University of New Haven, “than it is to fix a team.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 16, 2025

Will Yale wait until there are boots stomping across the New Haven Green?

From Salon • Nov. 8, 2025

The peerless laboratory facilities and distinguished faculty of New Haven, Connecticut, attracted an especially promising crop of young researchers.

From "Big Science" by Michael Hiltzik

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