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{{US state
| Name = Connecticut
| Fullname = State of Connecticut
| Flag = Flag of Connecticut.svg
| Seal = Seal of Connecticut.svg
| Flower = Mountain Laurel<ref name=SOTS>[http://www.sots.ct.gov/RegisterManual/SectionX/SITESEALSYMB.htm STATE OF CONNECTICUT, Sites º Seals º Symbols]; ''Connecticut State Register & Manual''; retrieved on [[December 15]], [[2006]]</ref>|
 Tree = White Oak<ref name=SOTS/>|
Flaglink = [[Flag of Connecticut]]
(contracted; show full)mc=rss&pagewanted=print | work=The New York Times | title=Where Do Rivals Draw the Line? | first=John | last=Branch | date=August 18, 2006 | accessdate=April 30, 2010}}</ref> In southern Connecticut towards New York, most baseball fans are New York Yankees fans while in the northern parts of the state people there are Boston Red Sox fans. The state hosts several major sporting events. Since 1952, a [[PGA Tour]] [[golf]] [[tournament]] has been played in the Hartford area.

== Names and symbols ==
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{{Infobox U.S. state symbols
|Boxwidth        = 25em
|Flag            = Flag of Connecticut.svg
|Name            = Connecticut
|Bird            = [[American Robin]]
|Fish            = [[American shad]]
|Flower          = [[Kalmia latifolia|Mountain Laurel]]
|Insect          = [[European Mantis]]
|Mammal          = [[Sperm whale]]
|Tree            = [[Charter oak|Charter]] [[White oak]]
|Dance           = [[Square dance]]
|Fossil          = [[Trace fossil|Dinosaur tracks]]
|Mineral         = [[Garnet]]
|Shell           = [[Eastern Oyster]]
|Ships           = ''[[USS Nautilus (SSN-571)]]'', ''[[Freedom Schooner Amistad]]''
|Slogan          = ''Full of Surprises''
|Song            = ''[[Yankee Doodle]]'',<br />''[[The Nutmeg]]''
|Tartan          = [http://www.ct.gov/ctportal/cwp/view.asp?a=885&q=246526 Connecticut State Tartan]
|Route Marker    = Connecticut Highway 16.svg
|Quarter         = 1999 CT Proof.png
|QuarterReleaseDate = 1999
}}
The name "Connecticut" comes from the [[Mohegan]] word ''quonehtacut'', meaning "place of long tidal river".<ref name="AboutCT">{{cite web | url = http://www.ct.gov/ctportal/cwp/view.asp?a=843&q=246434 | title = CT.gov: About Connecticut | accessdate =December 18, 2005}}</ref> Connecticut's official [[List of U.S. state nicknames|nickname]] is "The Constitution State".<ref name=SOTS>{{cite web|url=http://www.sots.ct.gov/sots/cwp/view.asp?A=3188&QUESTION_ID=392608|title=SOTS: Sites, Seals & Symbols|accessdate=June 12, 2008}}</ref> Unofficially, Connecticut is also known as "The Nutmeg State".<ref name=SOTS/> [[George Washington]], first [[President of the United States]], named Connecticut "The Provisions State".<ref name=SOTS/>  This was because, the state gave many [[aid]] materials during the [[American Revolutionary War]]. The state is also known as "The Land of Steady Habits".<ref name=SOTS/> 

According to Webster's New International Dictionary in 1993, a person who was born or lives in Connecticut is a "Connecticuter". There are many other terms that are in [[coin]]s but are not used. These include "Connecticotian" - [[Cotton Mather]] in 1702. "Connecticutensian" - [[Samuel Peters]] in 1781. "Nutmegger" is sometimes used.<ref name=cslib>{{cite web| url=http://www.cslib.org/nicknamesCT.htm| title=Connecticut's Nicknames| publisher=Connecticut State Library}}</ref> "Yankee" is also sometimes used because of the [[List of U.S. state songs|official state song]] "[[Yankee Doodle]]". The [[abbreviation]] of the state's name is "Conn."; the official [[United States Postal Service|postal abbreviation]] is CT.

{| class="wikitable" style="margin: 1em auto 1em auto"
|+ Connecticut state insignia and historical figures<ref name=SOTS/>
|-
|State hero || [[Nathan Hale]]
|-
|State heroine || [[Prudence Crandall]]
|-
|State composer || [[Charles Edward Ives]]
|-
|State statues in [[National Statuary Hall Collection|Statuary Hall]] || [[Roger Sherman]] and [[Jonathan Trumbull]]
|-
<!-- STATE PEOPLE, HONORARY POSTS-->
|State poet laureate || [[Dick Allen (poet)|Dick Allen]]
|-
|[[Connecticut State Troubadour]] || Chuck E. Costa<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.kids.ct.gov/kids/cwp/view.asp?a=2731&q=314202 |title=State Symbols: The State Troubador – Chuck E. Costa |work=ConneCTKids |publisher=State of Connecticut |date=March 15, 2011 |accessdate=September 15, 2011}}</ref>
|-
|State composer laureate || [[Jacob Druckman]]
|}

== References ==
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== Other websites ==
{{Sister project links|Connecticut}}
* [http://www.ct.gov/ State of Connecticut] – Official state website
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