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Carolina

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Car·o·li·na 1  (kr-ln)
An English colony of southeast North America, first settled in 1653 and divided into North Carolina and South Carolina in 1729.
Ca·ro·li·na 2  (kär-lnä)
A city of northeast Puerto Rico east-southeast of San Juan. It is a processing center with a textile industry. Population: 188,000.
Carolina [ˌkærəˈlaɪnə]
n
(Placename) a former English colony on the E coast of North America, first established in 1663: divided in 1729 into North and South Carolina, which are often referred to as the Carolinas
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Noun1.Carolina - the area of the states of North Carolina and South Carolina
Carolinas
South - the region of the United States lying to the south of the Mason-Dixon line
NC, North Carolina, Old North State, Tar Heel State - a state in southeastern United States; one of the original 13 colonies
Palmetto State, SC, South Carolina - a state in the Deep South; one of the original 13 colonies


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In 1759 he was sent to be governor of South Carolina.
Grandfather's Chair by Hawthorne, Nathaniel View in context
In Massachusetts the percentage of white illiteracy is eight-tenths of one per cent, while in South Carolina it is thirteen and six-tenths per cent; also in South Carolina there is a property qualification for voters--and for these and other reasons child labor is the rule, and so the cotton mills were driving those of Massachusetts out of the business.
The Jungle by Sinclair, Upton View in context
I have a great respect for the chair,' quoth North Carolina, 'I have a great respect for the chair as an officer of the house, and a great respect for him personally; nothing but that respect prevents me from rushing to the table and tearing that petition which has just been presented for the abolition of slavery in the district of Columbia, to pieces.
American Notes for General Circulation by Dickens, Charles View in context
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