Groton

Connecticut submarine hub

Groton is a town in southeastern Connecticut, home to a major U.S.

Navy submarine base and the Electric Boat shipyard where submarines are built.

The name also belongs to a prestigious boarding school in Massachusetts—Groton School—known for educating American elites.

He graduated from Groton before heading to Harvard.

Massachusetts

preparatory

Done before something else

apple orchards · town common · Revolutionary War · New England · historic district

school

boarding

Entering a vehicle

headmaster · dormitories · chapel · alumni · endowment · trustees · tuition · admissions · athletics · campus

Connecticut

Thames River

England's most famous river

I-95 · Amtrak

submarine

USS Nautilus

First nuclear-powered submarine

drydock · construction · commissioning · Trident · sonar · periscope · torpedo · enlisted · submariners · cold war

Opposites
geographic/municipal pairing

GrotonNew London

Connecticut coastal city

across the river · Norwich · Mystic · Stonington

educational prestige/accessibility

Grotonpublic school

Free government-run education

community college · Andover · Exeter · Deerfield · Hotchkiss

naval/military character

Grotondemilitarized zone

Area barring armed forces

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