Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- An English colony of southeast North America, first settled in 1653 and divided into North Carolina and South Carolina in 1729.
- A city of northeast Puerto Rico east-southeast of San Juan. It is a processing center with a textile industry.
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- proper noun A female
given name ,Latinate form ofCaroline ; rare in English.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun the area of the states of North Carolina and South Carolina
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Examples
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And, when I say it's the CAROLINA bar, it is the sole Carolina bar in town ... and this asshat knew it.
touchable 2006
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Carolina in 1760, wrote in his _History of North Carolina_ that the women were the more industrious sex in this section, and made a great deal of cloth of their own cotton, wool, and flax.
Woman's Life in Colonial Days Carl Holliday
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Of those over half, eight, have a touch of carolina blue in them, three with Carolina players on both benches.
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The first known deaths from what he referred to as Carolina flu were in the Rockingham, North Carolina area — but Lauren had already known that from Eric.
Memory of Fire Lisle, Holly 2002
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II. a grant of lands lying south of Virginia which they called Carolina in honor of the king, whose name was not really Carolina.
Comic History of the United States Bill Nye 1873
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Carolina is code for “the black man is going to raise your taxes here in “real” (white) America and send it back to Chicago (black America).
The Candidates Debate Tax Cuts and Welfare - The Caucus Blog - NYTimes.com 2008
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"South Carolina is facing serious challenges, and the Governor is dedicated to addressing these challenges alongside other members of the legislature committed to the same," he said.
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Apparently the gentleman from the great state of South Carolina is no gentleman at all.
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No wonder South Carolina is at the bottom of the pack in more ways than one which idiots like him representing the state.
Wilson apologizes: 'I let my emotions get the best of me' 2009
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Defensively, South Carolina is looking to replace All-American linebacker Eric Norwood.
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