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carolinian

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Car⋅o⋅lin⋅i⋅an

  [kar-uh-lin-ee-uhn]
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–adjective
1. of or pertaining to North Carolina or South Carolina or both.
–noun
2. a native or inhabitant of North Carolina or of South Carolina.
Origin:
1695–1705; Carolin(a) + -ian

Car⋅o⋅lin⋅i⋅an

  [kar-uh-lin-ee-uhn]
–adjective
1. Carolingian.
2. Caroline.
–noun
3. Carolingian.
Origin:
< ML Carolīn(us) Caroline + -ian

Car⋅o⋅line

  [kar-uh-lahyn, -lin]
–adjective
of or pertaining to Charles, esp. Charles I and Charles II of England or their times.
Also, Carolinian.

Origin:
1645–55; < ML Carolīnus, equiv. to Carol(us) Charles + -īnus ine1

Car⋅o⋅lin⋅gi⋅an

  [kar-uh-lin-jee-uhn]
–adjective
1. of or pertaining to the Frankish dynasty that reigned in France a.d. 751–987, first under Charlemagne, and in Germany until a.d. 911.
2. pertaining to or designating the arts, script, or culture of the Carolingian period, chiefly characterized by a revival of the forms of classical antiquity modified by ecclesiastical requirements: Carolingian renaissance.
–noun
3. a member of the Carolingian dynasty. Abbreviation: Carol.
Also, Carlovingian, Carolinian.

Origin:
1880–85; re-formation of earlier Carlovingian (conformed to ML Carolus Magnus Charlemagne) < F carlovingien, equiv. to ML Car(o)l(us) + F -ovingien, extracted from mérovingien Merovingian
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Car·o·lin·i·an   (kār'ə-lĭn'ē-ən)   
adj.  

  1. Caroline.

  2. Of or relating to Charlemagne and his times.

  3. Of or relating to Carolina or the Carolinas.

n.  A native or inhabitant of Carolina or the Carolinas.
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Word Origin & History

Carolingian 
1881, "belonging to the dynasty founded by Carl the Great" (Fr. Charlemagne), from L. carolus "Charles;" properly Carlovingian (1781), from Fr. Carlovingien.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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