1. (

• Connecticut ,
• Nutmeg_State ,
• Constitution_State ,
• CT ,
• Ct.

) a New England state; one of the original 13 colonies ;

2. (

• Connecticut ,
• Connecticut_River

) 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 ;

3. (

• Connecticut ,

) one of the British colonies that formed the United States ;