Connecticut
EnglishEdit
EtymologyEdit
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?)
PronunciationEdit
Proper nounEdit
Connecticut
- A state in the northeastern United States.
- A river in the United States that flows from northern New Hampshire into Long Island Sound.
AbbreviationsEdit
HypernymsEdit
- (state): New England
HyponymsEdit
- (state): Bridgeport, Hartford
Derived termsEdit
TranslationsEdit
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See alsoEdit
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 readingEdit
- Connecticut on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
DanishEdit
EtymologyEdit
Borrowed from English Connecticut.
Proper nounEdit
Connecticut (genitive Connecticuts)
FinnishEdit
EtymologyEdit
From English Connecticut.
PronunciationEdit
Proper nounEdit
Connecticut
- Connecticut (a state of the United States)
DeclensionEdit
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. |
ItalianEdit
EtymologyEdit
Unadapted borrowing from English Connecticut.
PronunciationEdit
Proper nounEdit
Connecticut m
- Connecticut (a state of the United States)
ReferencesEdit
- ^ Connecticut in Luciano Canepari, Dizionario di Pronuncia Italiana (DiPI)
PolishEdit
EtymologyEdit
Borrowed from English Connecticut, from Mohegan-Pequot quinnitukqut (“at the long tidal river”), from *kwen- (“long”) + *-ehtekw (“tidal river”) + *-enk (“place”).
PronunciationEdit
Proper nounEdit
Connecticut m inan (indeclinable)
- Connecticut (a state of the United States)
- Connecticut (a river in the United States)
Further readingEdit
- Connecticut in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
- Connecticut in Polish dictionaries at PWN
PortugueseEdit
EtymologyEdit
Unadapted borrowing from English Connecticut.
Proper nounEdit
Connecticut m
- Connecticut (a state of the United States)
RomanianEdit
Proper nounEdit
Connecticut n
- Connecticut (U.S. State)
SlovakEdit
PronunciationEdit
Proper nounEdit
Connecticut m inan (genitive singular Connecticutu, declension pattern of dub)
- Connecticut (a state of the United States)
ReferencesEdit
- Connecticut in Slovak dictionaries at slovnik.juls.savba.sk
SpanishEdit
Proper nounEdit
Connecticut ?
- Connecticut (a state of the United States)
See alsoEdit
- Connecticut on the Spanish Wikipedia.Wikipedia es