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Facts
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Connecticut's
name comes from the Native American word Quinnehtukqut (pronounced Quinnettukqut).
The word means "beside the long tidal river."
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Connecticut
has had three state seals. Officials approved the current seal in
1931.
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Connecticut
has had 3 state capitols. Fire destroyed the first one in 1783, workers
finished building the second one in 1796, and Connecticut's Government
moved into a new one in 1897.
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The Eastern
Oyster became Connecticut's state shellfish in 1989.
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