Connecticut
pronunciation
How to pronounce Connecticut in British English:
UK [kə'netɪkət]
How to pronounce Connecticut in American English:
US [kə'netɪkət]
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- Noun:
- a New England state; one of the original 13 colonies
- a river in the northeastern United States; flows south from northern New Hampshire along the border between New Hampshire and Vermont and through Massachusetts and Connecticut where it empties into Long Island Sound
- one of the British colonies that formed the United States
Word Origin
- Connecticut
- U.S. state, originally the name of the river, said to be from Mohican (Algonquian) quinnitukqut "at the long tidal river," from *kwen- "long" + *-ehtekw "tidal river" + *-enk "place."
Example
- 1. Schools from ohio to connecticut called off classes for friday .
- 2. Connecticut has allowed same-sex marriage since november .
- 3. Connecticut followed suit last year , and vermont last month .
- 4. Floodwaters lingered in coastal communities from southern new jersey to eastern connecticut .
- 5. Some unlucky residents in connecticut were without electricity two weeks after the storm departed .