North Carolina

North Car·o·li·na  (kr-ln)

Abbr. NC or N.C.

A state of the southeast United States bordering on the Atlantic Ocean. It was admitted as one of the original Thirteen Colonies in 1789. First settled c. 1653, it was part of the province of Carolina until 1691 and became a separate colony in 1711 and a royal colony in 1729. North Carolina seceded in May 1861 and was readmitted to the Union in 1868. The state has long been a center of tobacco growing and processing. Raleigh is the capital and Charlotte the largest city. Population: 8,400,000.

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North Car·o·lini·an (-ln-n) adj. & n.

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	North Carolina - a state in southeastern United States; one of the original 13 colonies NC, Old North State, Tar Heel State Great Smoky Mountains National Park - a national park in Tennessee and North Carolina that includes the highest mountain in the eastern United States U.S.A., United States, United States of America, US, USA, America, the States, U.S. - North American republic containing 50 states - 48 conterminous states in North America plus Alaska in northwest North America and the Hawaiian Islands in the Pacific Ocean; achieved independence in 1776 Confederacy, Confederate States, Confederate States of America, Dixie, Dixieland, South - the southern states that seceded from the United States in 1861 South - the region of the United States lying to the south of the Mason-Dixon line Carolina, Carolinas - the area of the states of North Carolina and South Carolina Cape Fear - a cape in southeastern North Carolina extending into the Atlantic Ocean Cape Hatteras - a promontory on Hatteras Island off the Atlantic coast of North Carolina; "frequent storms drive ships to their destruction on Cape Hatteras" Hatteras Island - a barrier island running parallel to the North Carolina shore capital of North Carolina, Raleigh - capital of the state of North Carolina; located in the east central part of the North Carolina Asheville - a town in western North Carolina in the Blue Ridge Mountains to the west of Charlotte Chapel Hill - a town in central North Carolina; site of the University of North Carolina Charlotte, Queen City - the largest city in North Carolina; located in south central North Carolina Durham - a city of north central North Carolina; site of Duke University Fayetteville - a town in south central North Carolina Goldsboro - a town that is a major tobacco center in eastern North Carolina Greensboro - a city of north central North Carolina Greenville - a city in eastern North Carolina; tobacco market Wilmington - a town in southeastern North Carolina on the Cape Fear River Winston-Salem - a city of north central North Carolina Blue Ridge, Blue Ridge Mountains - a range of the Appalachians extending from southern Pennsylvania to northern Georgia Cape Fear River - a river in North Carolina that flows southeast to the Atlantic Ocean at Cape Fear Pee Dee, Pee Dee River - a river that flows through central North Carolina and northeastern South Carolina to the Atlantic Ocean
	2.	North Carolina - one of the British colonies that formed the United States