Hartford

[ hahrt-ferd ]

noun

1. (George) Huntington, 2nd, 1911–2008, U.S. businessman and patron of the arts.
2. a port in and the capital of Connecticut, in the central part, on the Connecticut River.

Hartford

/ ˈhɑːtfəd /

noun

1. a port in central Connecticut, on the Connecticut River: the state capital. Pop: 124 387 (2003 est)

Hartford

1. Capital of Connecticut .

Notes

Center of the insurance industry.

Example Sentences

At the University of Connecticut in Hartford, she studies how body weight affects the way teens are treated.

From Science News For Students

Flash flood warnings stretched from western Long Island through Hartford to Boston, with numerous reports of inundated roads in Connecticut where up to 5 inches of rain had fallen.

From Washington Post

How a Hartford hug between coach and player showed joy, pain, relief, struggle and MadnessSaturday’s hug between Traci Carter and John Gallagher was one for the hug record books.

From Washington Post

My initial thought was to go to Hartford and let Coach Gallagher open up the business world for me with his connections.

From Washington Post

They will take some merciless defeat, as might Hartford, from No.

From Washington Post

Last year, Chappelle spent an evening on the Oddball Comedy Tour in Hartford, Conn., being heckled and booed off stage.

From The Daily Beast

During a performance in Hartford, Connecticut, the tent became engulfed in flames.

From The Daily Beast

She works as a maid, scrubbing floors and toilets of the well-to-do families in West Hartford, Connecticut.

From The Daily Beast

Wind chills will plummet to around -20ºF on Friday for Hartford, Providence, and western Massachusetts.

From The Daily Beast

Dave Chapelle stops a show in Hartford, Connecticut, due to hecklers and walks off the stage.

From The Daily Beast

The stockholders of the Hartford bank held their first meeting for the choice of directors.

From Project Gutenberg

Farragut chose the sloop-of-war Hartford for his flagship and sailed merrily away for the mighty river.

From Project Gutenberg

When all this had been done, his head was sent to the Commissioners at Hartford as a taken of love and loyalty.

From Project Gutenberg

Three planters who had returned to their plantations in Warwick were seized by the Connecticut authorities and sent to Hartford.

From Project Gutenberg

But the honorable member has now found out that this gentleman, Mr. Dane, was a member of the Hartford Convention.

From Project Gutenberg