Connecticut

English

Map of US highlighting Connecticut

Etymology

Said to be from Mohican (Algonquian) quinnitukqut "at the long tidal river," from *kwen- "long" (spelling due to confusion with connect) + *-ehtekw "tidal river" + *-enk "place."

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kəˈnɛtɨkət/

• Audio (US)

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Proper noun

Connecticut

1. A state of the United States of America Capital: Hartford.
2. A river in the Northeast region of the United States.

Derived terms

Derived terms

• Conn.
• Connecticutan

• Connecticuter
• CT

Translations

a state of the United States of America

• Arabic: كُونِيتِيكَت‏‎ m (kunitikat)
• 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 (Qonet'iqet')

• Italian: Connecticut (it)
• Japanese: コネチカット (Konechikatto)
• Korean: 코네티컷 (Konetikeot)
• Limburgish: Connecticut
• Macedonian: Конектикат m (Konéktikat)
• Navajo: Kanédikiʼ hahoodzo
• Occitan: Connecticut (oc) m
• Polish: Connecticut (pl) n
• Portuguese: Connecticut (pt)
• Russian: Конне́ктикут m (Konnɛ́ktikut)
• Spanish: Connecticut (es)
• Thai: คอนเนตทิคัต (kɔn-nét-tí-kát)
• Turkish: Connecticut
• Yiddish: קאָנעטיקאָט‏‎ (konetikot)

See also

• Appendix:Place names in Connecticut

Further reading

• Connecticut on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

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Danish

Etymology

Borrowing from English Connecticut.

Proper noun

Connecticut (genitive Connecticuts)

1. Connecticut

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Polish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kɔˈn̪ɛkt̪ikat̪/

• Audio

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Proper noun

Connecticut n (indeclinable)

1. Connecticut (state)
2. Connecticut (river)

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Portuguese

Etymology

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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Spanish

Proper noun

Connecticut ?

1. Connecticut

See also

• Connecticut on the Spanish Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^es