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New Connecticut

New Connecticut proper noun: synonym of Connecticut Western Reserve.

Proper noun

New Connecticut

  1. Synonym of Connecticut Western Reserve.
    • New Connecticut, or the Western Reserve, is formed into a county by the name of Trumbull.1801 March, “Religious Intelligence”, in The Connecticut Evangelical Magazine, volume 1, number 9, →OCLC, page 359
    • Connecticut Reserve, oftentimes called New Connecticut, is situated in the northeastern quarter of the state, between lake Erie on the north; Pennsylvania east, the parallel of the 41st degree of north latitude south, and the meridian of 5 degrees 49 minutes of west longitude on the west. […] New...1816, John Kilbourn, The Ohio Gazetteer, 2nd edition, Columbus: Smith & Griswold, →OCLC, pages 28–29
    Synonyms:
    Connecticut Western Reserve
  2. Former name of Vermont.
    • […] do hereby proclaim and publicly declare that the district of territory comprehending and usually known by the name and description of the New Hampshire Grants, of right ought to be, and is hereby declared forever hereafter to be considered as a separate, free and independent jurisdiction or...
    • 14^(th.) Voted, That Doct. Jonas Fay, Colᵒ Thomas Chittenden, Doct. Reuben Jones, Colᵒ Jacob Bailey, and Capt. Heman Allen be the Delegates to carry the remonstrance and Petition to the Honᵇˡᵉ Continental Congress, and further to negociate Business in behalf of New Connecticut.1777, “The Westminster Convention of January 15, 1777”, in Collections of the Vermont Historical Society, volume 1, Montpelier: Vermont Historical Society, published 1870, →OCLC, pages 40–41

Examples of New Connecticut in a sentence

  • In a self-conscious reenactment of their Puritan ancestors, bands of New Englanders, usually from the same town, established new towns in New Connecticut such as Oberlin, Tallmadge, and Hudson.2014, Bluford Adams, Old and New New Englanders, Ann Arbor: University of Michigan Press, →ISBN, page 182:
  • The independence of New Connecticut was soon after acknowledged by New Hampshire.1883, John Bach McMaster, A History of the People of the United States, volume 1, New York: D. Appleton & Co., published 1924, →OCLC, page...

Synonyms of New Connecticut

  • Connecticut Western Reserve

Questions about New Connecticut

What does New Connecticut mean?
New Connecticut means synonym of Connecticut Western Reserve.
How do you use New Connecticut in a sentence?
In a self-conscious reenactment of their Puritan ancestors, bands of New Englanders, usually from the same town, established new towns in New Connecticut such as Oberlin, Tallmadge, and Hudson.
What part of speech is New Connecticut?
New Connecticut is a proper noun.

Words near New Connecticut in the dictionary

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  10. new country project
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