Connecticuter

New England state dweller

A Connecticuter is a person from Connecticut, one of the New England states.

The term is less common than Connecticutian or the informal Nutmegger, but it follows the standard pattern of adding -er to place names: As a lifelong Connecticuter, she took pride in the state's colonial history.

identity

New Englander

Northeast U.S. resident

local · transplant · commuter · suburbanite · coastal · inland · lifelong

places

Hartford

Connecticut state capital

Greenwich · Mystic · Norwalk · Danbury · Fairfield · Westport · Groton · Middletown · Milford · Stratford

culture

Yale

Ivy League institution

  • UConnConnecticut's state university, abbreviated
  • pizzaTopped flatbread dish
  • lobster rollSeafood in split-top bread

clambake · cider · maple syrup · fall foliage · Long Island Sound · shore · colonial · Foxwoods · P.T. Barnum · Nathan Hale

Opposites
geographic/regional identity

ConnecticuterTexan

Southwest state resident

Alaskan · Hawaiian · foreigner · non-resident · Californian

Phrases
Family

Connecticut

Familiarity
Top 1,000,000
Profile
Mostly American · Timeless · Concrete · Everyday, not technical · Rated G