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): /kə.ˈnɛ.tɪ.kət/
Audio (US) (file)
Proper noun
Connecticut
- A state in the northeastern United States.
- A river in the United States that flows from northern New Hampshire into Long Island Sound.
Hypernyms
- (state): New England
Hyponyms
- (state): Bridgeport, Hartford
Derived terms
Derived terms
- Connecticunt
- Connecticutan
- Connecticutensian
- Connecticuter
Translations
a state of the United States of America
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See also
| States: Alabama · Alaska · Arizona · Arkansas · California · Colorado · Connecticut · Delaware · Florida · Georgia · Hawaii · Idaho · Illinois · Indiana · Iowa · Kansas · Kentucky · Louisiana · Maine · Maryland · Massachusetts · Michigan · Minnesota · Mississippi · Missouri · Montana · Nebraska · Nevada · New Hampshire · New Jersey · New Mexico · New York · North Carolina · North Dakota · Ohio · Oklahoma · Oregon · Pennsylvania · Rhode Island · South Carolina · South Dakota · Tennessee · Texas · Utah · Vermont · Virginia · Washington · West Virginia · Wisconsin · Wyoming |
| Federal District: Washington, D.C. |
| Territories: American Samoa · Guam · Northern Mariana Islands · Puerto Rico · United States minor outlying islands · United States Virgin Islands |
Further reading
Connecticut on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Danish
Etymology
Borrowed from English Connecticut.
Finnish
Etymology
From English Connecticut.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈkon(ː)e(k)tikut/, [ˈko̞n(ː)e̞(k)ˌt̪ikut̪]
- English pronunciation also used
Declension
| Inflection of Connecticut (Kotus type 5/risti, no gradation) | ||||
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| 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 | See the possessive forms below. | |||
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Italian
Etymology
Unadapted borrowing from English Connecticut.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /konˈnɛk.ti.kat/[1]
- Rhymes: -ɛktikat
References
- Connecticut in Luciano Canepari, Dizionario di Pronuncia Italiana (DiPI)
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)
- Connecticut (a state of the United States)
- 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
Portuguese
Etymology
Unadapted borrowing from English Connecticut.
Romanian
Slovak
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈkonektikat]
Proper noun
Connecticut m inan (genitive singular Connecticutu, declension pattern of dub)
- Connecticut (a state of the United States)
References
- Connecticut in Slovak dictionaries at slovnik.juls.savba.sk
Spanish
See also
- Connecticut on the Spanish Wikipedia.Wikipedia es
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