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The state of Connecticut was named for the Connecticut River. The word Connecticut is an English version of an Algonquian word meaning "long tidal river".

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It was not named after any person. "Connecticut" is the English transliteration of the Native American Mohegan tribe's name for the area: "Quinnehtukqu", meaning "Long River Place".

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Connecticut is named after the river that bears that name. The word in Mohican means 'long tidal river'. It runs through four states.

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Means: long river that runs through

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