Definition of North Carolina

1. Noun. A state in southeastern United States; one of the original 13 colonies.


2. Noun. One of the British colonies that formed the United States.
Generic synonyms: Colony

Definition of North Carolina

1. Proper noun. A state of the United States of America situated on the east coast of the North American mainland north of South Carolina and south of Virginia. Capital: Raleigh. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Lexicographical Neighbors of North Carolina

North Americans
North Andover
North Atlantic
North Atlantic Council
North Atlantic Ocean
North Atlantic Treaty
North Atlantic Treaty Organization
North Australia
North Borneo
North Brabant
North Britain
North Briton
North Britons
North Cackalack
North Cackalacky
North Carolina (current term)
North Carolinian
North Carolinians
North Cascades National Park
North Caucasus
North Channel
North Conway
North Dakota
North Dakotan
North Dakotans
North Dravidian
North East England
North East Land
North Equatorial Current
North Finnish

Literary usage of North Carolina

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Readers' Guide to Periodical Literature by H.W. Wilson Company (1917)
"Cent 93:952 Ap '17 North Carolina Plenty of closet room. ... 11 Outing 70:486-95 Jl '17 North Carolina academy of science Sixteenth annual meeting. ..."

2. Readers' Guide to Periodical Literature by Anna Lorraine Guthrie, Marion A. Knight, H.W. Wilson Company, Estella E. Painter (1920)
"Am Л Int ¡-aw U':222-o7 Ají '1C North Carolina Recent poetry by North Carolina writers. JW Pratt. So Allan Q 17:40-3 Ла '18 Remnants of the ..."

3. Supreme Court Reporter by Robert Desty, United States Supreme Court, West Publishing Company (1916)
"The North Carolina Railroad Company also filed a plea to the jurisdiction ... Upon appeal to the supreme court of North Carolina, that judgment was affirmed ..."

4. South Eastern Reporter by West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals, West Publishing Company, South Carolina Supreme Court (1910)
"(Supreme Court of North Carolina. Feb. 24. 1909.) Appeal from Superior Court, Halifax County. Action by the National Finance against WHS ..."

5. A History of the People of the United States: From the Revolution to the by John Bach McMaster (1900)
"But North Carolina was too intent on bringing her rebellious subjects to terms to think for a moment of bestowing them with their lands and goods on ..."

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