Granite State - a state in New England; one of the original 13 coloniesNew England - a region of northeastern United States comprising Maine and New Hampshire and Vermont and Massachusetts and Rhode Island and Connecticut Manchester - largest city in New Hampshire; located in southeastern New Hampshire on the Merrimack river Portsmouth - a port town in southeastern New Hampshire on the Atlantic Ocean Merrimack, Merrimack River - a river that rises in south central New Hampshire and flows through Concord and Manchester into Massachusetts and empties into the Atlantic Ocean |