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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • The capital of Connecticut, in the north-central part of the state on the Connecticut River. Settled 1635–1636 by Massachusetts colonists on the site of a Dutch trading post, it became the nucleus of the Connecticut Colony in 1639. From 1701 to 1875 it was joint capital with New Haven. Today it is known for its insurance industry.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • noun The Hartford grape, a variety of grape first raised at Hartford, Connecticut, from the Northern fox grape. Its large dark-colored berries ripen earlier than those of most other kinds.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • proper noun Any of a number of placenames in England, variants of Hertford.
  • proper noun A habitational surname from these places.
  • proper noun The capital city of Connecticut.

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

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

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  • HARTFORD - The Hartford cut its local workforce by 900 positions in 2009, a reduction of 8 percent that brought the central

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  • HARTFORD -- If you're driving north on Terry Road toward or using it as a shortcut south to downtown Hartford - watch your speed.

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  • HARTFORD - Joe DuCharme and Kevin Laflamme scored for Harwood in the Highlanders '4-2 boys hockey loss to Hartford on Saturday.

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  • HARTFORD -- Trevor Holcomb scored a game-high 14 points as Hartford defeated Salem in a defensive struggle on senior night.

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  • HARTFORD CHILDREN'S THEATRE (360 Farmington Avenue, Hartford, CT) will hold auditions for Disney's GEPPETTO & SON, the final production of the 2009-2010 20th Anniversary Main Stage Season "20 Years of Enchantment."

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  • HARTFORD - Joe DuCharme and Kevin Laflamme scored for Harwood in the Highlanders '4-2 boys hockey loss to Hartford on Saturday.

    RutlandHerald.com 2010

  • HARTFORD (AP) - Hartford police say they're looking for 30 handguns and

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  • HARTFORD (AP) - Hartford police say they're looking for 30 handguns and

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  • FROM HARTFORD: The University of Connecticut campus is located 45 minutes driving time from Hartford.

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  • HARTFORD - The town of Hartford is considering laying off as many as six town employees if officials can't find significant savings in town budgets.

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