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North Carolina

noun

  1. a state in the southeastern United States, on the Atlantic coast. 52,586 square miles (136,198 square kilometers). : Raleigh. : NC (for use with zip code), N.C.


North Carolina

noun

  1. a state of the southeastern US, on the Atlantic: consists of a coastal plain rising to the Piedmont Plateau and the Appalachian Mountains in the west. Capital: Raleigh. Pop: 8 407 248 (2003 est). Area: 126 387 sq km (48 798 sq miles) AbbreviationN.C.with zip codeNC


North Carolina

  1. State in the southeastern United States bordered by Virginia to the north, the Atlantic Ocean to the east, South Carolina and Georgia to the south, and Tennessee to the west. Its capital is Raleigh, and its largest city is Charlotte .


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Notes

One of the Confederate states during the Civil War .
One of the thirteen colonies .

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Other Words From

  • North Carolinian adjective noun

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Example Sentences

Matthew Fenner claims members of the North Carolina-based The Word of Faith Fellowship subjected him to a brutal attack.

And maybe you can throw in North Carolina under the right circumstances.

And High Point University in North Carolina removed him from its board of advisors.

At least five (in Arizona, Georgia, North Carolina, Texas, and Utah) have already been announced.

And sure enough, before long, immigration activists in North Carolina were picketing Hagan at campaign events.

First permanent settlement began in 1669; original charter included North Carolina and Georgia.

The swamp is more easily accessible from Virginia than from North Carolina.

A North Carolina planter gives an interesting account of curing tobacco yellow.

North Carolina also raises a fine article of smoking tobacco—of fine color and superior flavor.

Though attacked on constitutional grounds, it has been sustained in Minnesota, North Carolina and perhaps in other commonwealths.

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