Connecticut
WordNet
noun
(1) A New England state; one of the original 13 colonies
(2) One of the British colonies that formed the United States
(3) 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
WiktionaryText
English
Etymology
Said to be from Mohican (Algonquian) quinnitukqut "at the long tidal river," from *kwen- "long" + *-ehtekw "tidal river" + *-enk "place." (courtesy of the Online Etymological Dictionary)