connecticut Meaning, Definition & Usage

1. noun a New England state; one of the original 13 colonies
   Nutmeg State; Constitution State; CT.
   
2. noun 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
   Connecticut River.
   
3. noun one of the British colonies that formed the United States
   

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