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Hartford

hart·ford

UK/hɑːtfəd/ US/ˈhɑɹtfɚd/ uncommon

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the state capital of Connecticut; located in central Connecticut on the Connecticut river; a center of the insurance business

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# For the village in Cambridgeshire: from Old English Hereford (“army ford”), from here (“army”) + ford. # For remaining places: from Old English heorot (“hart”) + ford.

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