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Vermont

American  
[ver-mont] / vərˈmɒnt /

noun

  1. a state of the northeastern United States: a part of New England. 9,609 sq. mi. (24,885 sq. km). Montpelier. VT (for use with zip code), Vt.


Vermont British  
/ vɜːˈmɒnt /

noun

  1. Abbreviation: Vt, VT. a state in the northeastern US: crossed from north to south by the Green Mountains; bounded on the east by the Connecticut River and by Lake Champlain in the northwest Capital: Montpelier. Pop: 619 107 (2003 est). Area: 24 887 sq km (9609 sq miles)

"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

Vermont Cultural  
  1. State in the northeastern United States; one of the New England states. Bordered by Quebec, Canada, to the north; New Hampshire to the east; Massachusetts to the south; and New York to the west. Its capital is Montpelier, and its largest city is Burlington.


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It is home to the Green Mountains, from which it derives its name.

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Sens. Elizabeth Warren, a Massachusetts Democrat, and Bernie Sanders, a Vermont independent, have proposed a bill to shore up Social Security’s finances and expand benefits.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 9, 2026

“Verity” is no different, allowing Johnson to move her character between suspicion and warmth with languid ease as she settles into Verity’s Vermont home to work.

From Salon ● Oct. 9, 2026

When she arrives at their imposing Vermont mansion to go through Verity’s notes, Lowen discovers that Verity’s a vegetable: completely physically and mentally indisposed after a car accident.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 1, 2026

He went on to attend Middlebury College in Vermont, graduating with a major in English and minor in economics.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 29, 2026

At the turn of this century, it was estimated that there were no more than a dozen moose in New Hampshire and probably none at all in Vermont.

From "A Walk in the Woods" by Bill Bryson

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