Connecticut College

Connecticut College is a private liberal arts college in . Originally chartered as Thames College but soon changed to Connecticut College for Women, it was founded in 1911 as the state's only women's college, a response to Wesleyan University having closed its doors to female students in 1909.
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  • Type: School
  • Description: college in New London, Connecticut, US
  • Also known as: Conn”, “Conn College”, “Connecticut College for Women”, and “Thames College

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Lyman Allyn Museum of Art and Submarine Force Library and Museum.

Museum
The Lyman Allyn Art Museum is located in , and was founded in 1926 by Lyman Allyn's daughter Harriet Upson Allyn. Its collection includes European and non-Western art as well as American fine and decorative art, 17th-century European works on paper, 19th-century American paintings, and contemporary art. is situated 3,500 feet southeast of Connecticut College.

Museum
The United States Navy is located on the in . It is the only submarine museum managed exclusively by the Naval History & Heritage Command division of the Navy, and this makes it a repository for many special submarine items of national significance, including USS Nautilus . is situated 1¼ miles east of Connecticut College.

Church
- designated for Polish immigrants in , . Founded in 1904, it is one of the Polish-American Roman Catholic parishes in New England in the Diocese of Norwich. is situated 1 mile north of Connecticut College.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Hodges Square Historic District and Quaker Hill.

Neighborhood
The of , encompasses a working-class residential area north of the city's central business district.

Village
is a village or neighborhood in the town of , in the southeastern part of , United States. It is located in the northeastern corner of the town, on the west bank of the north of , and centered on the intersection of the Old Norwich Road and the Old Colchester Road.

Neighborhood
The encompasses the center a mainly residential village in northeastern . Running in a mostly linear fashion along Old Norwich Road between Connecticut Route 32 and Richard Grove Road, the area first grew… is situated 1½ miles north of Connecticut College.

Connecticut College

Latitude
41.3826° or 41° 22′ 57″ north
Longitude
-72.10813° or 72° 6′ 29″ west
Elevation
220 feet (67 metres)
Open location code
87H99VMR+2P
Geo­Names ID
5284446
Wiki­data ID
Q1797448
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Western Panjabi—“Connecticut College” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: كلية كونيتيكت
  • Belarusian: Канектыкуцкі каледж
  • Bulgarian: Кънектикътски колеж
  • Catalan: Connecticut College
  • Chinese: 康乃狄克学院
  • Chinese: 康乃狄克學院
  • Chinese: 康涅狄格學院
  • Egyptian Arabic: كليه كونيتيكت
  • French: Connecticut College
  • German: ConnColl
  • German: Connecticut College
  • Hebrew: קולג‘ קונטיקט
  • Irish: Coláiste Connecticut
  • Japanese: コネチカット・カレッジ
  • Japanese: コネティカット・カレッジ
  • Korean: 코네티컷 칼리지
  • Norwegian Bokmål: Connecticut College
  • Norwegian: Connecticut College
  • Persian: کالج کانکتیکات
  • Persian: کالج کنتیکت
  • Romanian: Colegiul Connecticut
  • Romanian: Colegiul pentru femei din Connecticut
  • Romanian: Conn College
  • Romanian: Conn
  • Romanian: Connecticut College
  • Russian: Коннектикут-колледж
  • Russian: Коннектикутский колледж
  • Russian: Коннектикутский Колледж
  • South Azerbaijani: کنتیکت کالجی
  • Swedish: Connecticut College
  • Western Panjabi: کنکٹیکٹ کالج

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