English Explanatory Dictionary

Connecticut

English dictionary entry

Meanings

name
  1. A state in the northeastern United States.
  2. A river in New England, United States.

Pronunciation

/kəˈnɛt.ɪ.kət/ [kəˈnɛɾ.ɪ.kət] en-us-Connecticut.ogg /kəˈnet.ɪ.kət/ [kəˈneɾ.ɪ.kət]

Word forms

Connecticut

Etymology

Said to be from Mohegan-Pequot quinnitukqut (“at the long tidal river”), from *kwen- (“long”) (spelling perhaps due to confusion with connect) + *-ehtekw (“tidal river”) + *-enk (locative).

Synonyms

Conn. CT Connecticut River

Derived words

Connecticutan Connecticutensian Connecticuter Connecticut River Connecticut warbler

Translations

Arabic: كُونِيتِيكَت Bulgarian: Кънектикът Chinese Mandarin: 康涅狄格 Czech: Connecticut Danish: Connecticut Dutch: Connecticut Esperanto: Konektikuto Finnish: Connecticut French: Connecticut Galician: Connecticut Georgian: კონექტიკუტი German: Connecticut Greek: Κονέκτικατ Hebrew: קונטיקט Hindi: कनेक्टिकट Hungarian: Connecticut Italian: Connecticut Japanese: コネチカット Khmer: ខុននិចធីខិត Korean: 코네티컷 Lao: ຄອນເນັກຕິກັດ Lao: ຄອນແນດທິຄັດ Latin: Connecticuta Limburgish: Connecticut Macedonian: Конектикат Navajo: Kanédikiʼ hahoodzo Occitan: Connecticut Polish: Connecticut Portuguese: Connecticut Russian: Конне́ктикут Spanish: Connecticut Tamil: கனெடிகட் Thai: คอนเนทิคัต Turkish: Connecticut Ukrainian: Конне́ктикут Uyghur: كوننېكتىكات Yiddish: קאָנעטיקאָט
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