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'''Connecticut''' ({{IPAc-en|audio=en-us-Connecticut.ogg|k|ə|ˈ|n|ɛ|t|ɪ|k|ə|t}} {{respell|kə|NET|ik|ət}})<ref>{{cite web |url = http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/connecticut |title=Connecticut |website=Dictionary.com |access-date=October 25, 2015 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20101124103256/http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/connecticut |archive-date=November 24, 2010 |url-status=live }}</ref> is a [[U.S. state|state]] in the [[New England]] region of the [[Northeastern United States]]. It borders [[Rhode Island]] to the east, [[Massachusetts]] to the north, [[New York (state)|New York]] to the west, and [[Long Island Sound]] to the south. Its capital is [[Hartford, Connecticut|Hartford]], and its most populous city is [[Bridgeport, Connecticut|Bridgeport]]. Connecticut lies between the major hubs of [[New York City]] and | '''Connecticut''' ({{IPAc-en|audio=en-us-Connecticut.ogg|k|ə|ˈ|n|ɛ|t|ɪ|k|ə|t}} {{respell|kə|NET|ik|ət}})<ref>{{cite web |url = http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/connecticut |title=Connecticut |website=Dictionary.com |access-date=October 25, 2015 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20101124103256/http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/connecticut |archive-date=November 24, 2010 |url-status=live }}</ref> is a [[U.S. state|state]] in the [[New England]] region of the [[Northeastern United States]]. It borders [[Rhode Island]] to the east, [[Massachusetts]] to the north, [[New York (state)|New York]] to the west, and [[Long Island Sound]] to the south. Its capital is [[Hartford, Connecticut|Hartford]], and its most populous city is [[Bridgeport, Connecticut|Bridgeport]]. Connecticut lies between the major hubs of [[New York City]] and Boston along the [[Northeast megalopolis|Northeast Corridor]], where the [[New York metropolitan area|New York-Newark Combined Statistical Area]], which includes four of Connecticut's seven largest cities, extends into the southwestern part of the state.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www2.census.gov/geo/maps/metroarea/us_wall/Jul2023/CSA_WallMap_Jul2023.pdf |publisher=U.S. Census Bureau |access-date=November 26, 2024 | title=Combined Statistical Areas Wall Map (July 2023)}}</ref> Connecticut is the [[List of U.S. states and territories by area|third-smallest state by area]] after Rhode Island and [[Delaware]], and the [[List of U.S. states and territories by population|29th most populous]] with slightly more than 3.6 million residents [[2020 United States census|as of 2020]],<ref>{{Cite web |date=April 26, 2021 |title=Table 1. Apportionment Population and Number of Representatives by State: 2020 Census |url=https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/decennial/2020/data/apportionment/apportionment-2020-table01.pdf |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210426194028/https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/decennial/2020/data/apportionment/appodedrtionment-2020-table01.pdf |archive-date=April 26, 2021 |access-date=April 26, 2021 |website=Census Bureau}}</ref> ranking it fourth among the [[List of states and territories of the United States by population density|most densely populated U.S. states]]. | ||
The state is named after the [[Connecticut River]], the longest in New England, which roughly bisects the state and drains into the Long Island Sound between the towns of [[Old Saybrook, Connecticut|Old Saybrook]] and [[Old Lyme, Connecticut|Old Lyme]]. The name of the river is in turn derived from anglicized spellings of {{lang|xpq|Quinnetuket}}, a [[Mohegan-Pequot language|Mohegan-Pequot]] word for "long tidal river".<ref>{{cite book |last=Trumbull |first=James Hammond |url={{google books|JS8TAAAAYAAJ|plainurl=yes|page=60}} |title=Indian Names of Places, Etc., in and on the Borders of Connecticut: With Interpretations of Some of Them |publisher=Press of the Case, Lockwood & Brainard Company |year=1881 |location=Hartford, Connecticut |page=60}}</ref> Before the arrival of the first European settlers, the region was inhabited by various [[Algonquian peoples|Algonquian]] tribes. In 1633, the [[Dutch West India Company]] established a small, short-lived settlement called [[House of Hope (fort)|House of Hope]] in Hartford. Half of Connecticut was initially claimed by the Dutch colony [[New Netherland]], which included much of the land between the Connecticut and [[Delaware River|Delaware]] Rivers, although the first major settlements were established by the English around the same time. [[Thomas Hooker]] led a band of followers from the [[Massachusetts Bay Colony]] to form the [[Connecticut Colony]], while other settlers from Massachusetts founded the [[Saybrook Colony]] and the [[New Haven Colony]]; both merged into the former by 1664. | The state is named after the [[Connecticut River]], the longest in New England, which roughly bisects the state and drains into the Long Island Sound between the towns of [[Old Saybrook, Connecticut|Old Saybrook]] and [[Old Lyme, Connecticut|Old Lyme]]. The name of the river is in turn derived from anglicized spellings of {{lang|xpq|Quinnetuket}}, a [[Mohegan-Pequot language|Mohegan-Pequot]] word for "long tidal river".<ref>{{cite book |last=Trumbull |first=James Hammond |url={{google books|JS8TAAAAYAAJ|plainurl=yes|page=60}} |title=Indian Names of Places, Etc., in and on the Borders of Connecticut: With Interpretations of Some of Them |publisher=Press of the Case, Lockwood & Brainard Company |year=1881 |location=Hartford, Connecticut |page=60}}</ref> Before the arrival of the first European settlers, the region was inhabited by various [[Algonquian peoples|Algonquian]] tribes. In 1633, the [[Dutch West India Company]] established a small, short-lived settlement called [[House of Hope (fort)|House of Hope]] in Hartford. Half of Connecticut was initially claimed by the Dutch colony [[New Netherland]], which included much of the land between the Connecticut and [[Delaware River|Delaware]] Rivers, although the first major settlements were established by the English around the same time. [[Thomas Hooker]] led a band of followers from the [[Massachusetts Bay Colony]] to form the [[Connecticut Colony]], while other settlers from Massachusetts founded the [[Saybrook Colony]] and the [[New Haven Colony]]; both merged into the former by 1664. | ||