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New Canaan

New Canaan proper noun: a town and census-designated place in Fairfield County, Connecticut, United States.

Proper noun

New Canaan

  1. A town and census-designated place in Fairfield County, Connecticut, United States.
  2. A community in Cumberland County, Nova Scotia, Canada.
  3. A settlement in the town of Essex, Essex County, Ontario, Canada.
  4. A suburb of Harare, Zimbabwe.

Questions about New Canaan

What does New Canaan mean?
New Canaan means a town and census-designated place in Fairfield County, Connecticut, United States.
What part of speech is New Canaan?
New Canaan is a proper noun.

Words near New Canaan in the dictionary

  1. New Caledonian gallinule
  2. New Caledonian sea krait
  3. New Caledonian sea kraits
  4. New Caledonian thicketbird
  5. New Caledonians
  6. New Canaan
  7. new candle
  8. new candles
  9. new canvas
  10. new canvases
  11. New Carrollton

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