South Carolina

South Car·o·li·na  (kr-ln) Abbr. SC or S.C.

A state of the southeast United States bordering on the Atlantic Ocean. It was admitted as one of the original Thirteen Colonies in 1788. First visited by Spanish explorers in the early 1500s, the region was granted by Charles II of England to eight of his principal supporters in 1663. The territory was divided into the colonies of North Carolina and South Carolina in 1729. South Carolina was the first state to secede from the Union (1860), thus precipitating the Civil War. Columbia is the capital and the largest city. Population: 4,140,000.

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South Caro·lini·an (-ln-n) adj. & n.

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	South Carolina - one of the British colonies that formed the United States
	2.	South Carolina - a state in the Deep South; one of the original 13 colonies Palmetto State, SC battle of Cowpens, Cowpens - battle in the American Revolution; Americans under Daniel Morgan defeated the British 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 Deep South - the southeastern region of the United States: South Carolina and Georgia and Alabama and Mississippi and Louisiana; prior to the American Civil War all these states produced cotton and permitted slavery Carolina, Carolinas - the area of the states of North Carolina and South Carolina capital of South Carolina, Columbia - capital and largest city in South Carolina; located in central South Carolina Charleston - a port city in southeastern South Carolina Florence - a town in northeast South Carolina; transportation center Greenville - a town in northwest South Carolina in the Piedmont Pee Dee, Pee Dee River - a river that flows through central North Carolina and northeastern South Carolina to the Atlantic Ocean Savannah River, Savannah - a river in South Carolina that flows southeast to the Atlantic