Connecticut

English

Map of US highlighting Connecticut

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kəˈnɛtɪkət/

• Audio (US)

  (file)

Proper noun

Connecticut

1. A state in the northeastern United States.
2. A river in the United States that flows from northern New Hampshire into Long Island Sound.

Derived terms

Derived terms

• Conn.
• Connecticutan
• Connecticutensian

• Connecticuter
• CT

Translations

a state of the United States of America

• Arabic: كُونِيتِيكَت‎ m (kūnītīkat)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 康涅狄格 (zh) (Kāngnièdígé)

• Czech: Connecticut (cs) m
• Danish: Connecticut
• Dutch: Connecticut (nl)
• Esperanto: Konektikuto
• Finnish: Connecticut (fi)
• French: Connecticut (fr)
• Galician: Connecticut (gl)
• Georgian: კონექტიკუტი (ḳonekṭiḳuṭi)
• German: Connecticut (de)
• Greek: Κονέκτικατ (el) n (Konéktikat)
• Hebrew: קונטיקט‎ (he) (Qonet'iqet')
• Hindi: कनेक्टिकट m (kanekṭikaṭ)
• Italian: Connecticut (it) m

• Japanese: コネチカット (Konechikatto)
• Korean: 코네티컷 (Konetikeot)
• Latin: Connecticuta f
• Limburgish: Connecticut
• Macedonian: Конектикат m (Konektikat)
• Navajo: Kanédikiʼ hahoodzo
• Occitan: Connecticut (oc) m
• Polish: Connecticut (pl) n
• Portuguese: Connecticut (pt), Coneticute, Conecticute
• Russian: Конне́ктикут (ru) m (Konnɛ́ktikut)
• Spanish: Connecticut (es)
• Tamil: கனெடிகட் (kaṉeṭikaṭ)
• Thai: คอนเนตทิคัต (kɔn-nét-tí-kát)
• Turkish: Connecticut
• Uyghur: كوننېكتىكات‎ (konnëktikat)
• Yiddish: קאָנעטיקאָט‎ (konetikot)

Further reading

• Connecticut on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

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Danish

Etymology

Borrowed from English Connecticut.

Proper noun

Connecticut (genitive Connecticuts)

1. Connecticut

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Finnish

Etymology

From English Connecticut.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkon(ː)e(k)tikut/, [ˈko̞n(ː)e̞(k)ˌt̪ikut̪]
• English pronunciation also used

Proper noun

Connecticut

1. Connecticut (a state of the United States)

Declension

Inflection of Connecticut (Kotus type 5/risti, no gradation)
nominative		Connecticut	—
genitive		Connecticutin	—
partitive		Connecticutia	—
illative		Connecticutiin	—
		singular	plural
nominative		Connecticut	—
accusative	nom.	Connecticut	—
	gen.	Connecticutin
genitive		Connecticutin	—
partitive		Connecticutia	—
inessive		Connecticutissa	—
elative		Connecticutista	—
illative		Connecticutiin	—
adessive		Connecticutilla	—
ablative		Connecticutilta	—
allative		Connecticutille	—
essive		Connecticutina	—
translative		Connecticutiksi	—
instructive		—	—
abessive		Connecticutitta	—
comitative		—	—

Possessive forms of Connecticut (type risti)
possessor	singular	plural
1st person	Connecticutini	Connecticutimme
2nd person	Connecticutisi	Connecticutinne
3rd person	Connecticutinsa

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Italian

Etymology

From English Connecticut.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /konˈnɛk.ti.kat/
• Rhymes: -ɛktikat

Proper noun

Connecticut m

1. Connecticut (a state of the United States)

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Polish

Etymology

Borrowed from English Connecticut, from Mohegan-Pequot quinnitukqut (“at the long tidal river”), from *kwen- (“long”) + *-ehtekw (“tidal river”) + *-enk (“place”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kɔˈnɛk.ti.kat/

• Audio

  (file)

• Rhymes: -ikat
• Syllabification: Co‧nnec‧ti‧cut

Proper noun

Connecticut m inan (indeclinable)

1. Connecticut (a state of the United States)
2. Connecticut (a river in the United States)

Further reading

• Connecticut in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• Connecticut in Polish dictionaries at PWN

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Portuguese

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English Connecticut.

Proper noun

Connecticut m

1. Connecticut (a state of the United States)

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Romanian

Proper noun

Connecticut n

1. Connecticut (U.S. State)

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Slovak

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈkonektikat]

Proper noun

Connecticut m (genitive Connecticutu, declension pattern of dub)

1. Connecticut (a state of the United States)

References

• Connecticut in Slovak dictionaries at slovnik.juls.savba.sk

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Spanish

Proper noun

Connecticut ?

1. Connecticut (a state of the United States)

See also

• Connecticut on the Spanish Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^es