East Carolina

East Carolina

English

Etymology

From the analogy with North Carolina and South Carolina.

Proper noun

East Carolina

1. A university located in Greenville, North Carolina.
   • 2007, Bland Simpson, The Inner Islands: A Carolinian's Sound Country Chronicle, →ISBN:

     When I heard about a party from East Carolina having found the lost Batts Island in the 1970s, I sought out and asked East Carolina geologist Vince Bellis about that find.

   • 2012, John Allen Tucker, John F. Kennedy's North Carolina Campaign, →ISBN, page 63:

     That Greenville and East Carolina were on the itinerary was in no small part due to the efforts of Dr. Leo W. Jenkins, president of East Carolina. Jenkins, a New Jersey native, wrote Kennedy in January 1960 inviting him to speak on campus.

   • 2013, William A. Link, William Friday: Power, Purpose, and American Higher Education, →ISBN:

     In the campaign for a medical school, East Carolina fused eastern North Carolina jingoism, resentment by the east and west of Piedmont dominance, and ant-Chapel Hill sentiment.

   • 2013, Sarah Bryan, ‎Beverly Patterson, ‎& Michelle Lanier, African American Music Trails of Eastern North Carolina, →ISBN, page 164:

     I wanted to describe the situation at East Carolina, which was rather interesting, in that my parents had worked at this institution for years.

2. A hypothetical U.S. state that would be east of the Carolinas.
   • 2014, Nana Bonsu, Claimed, →ISBN:

     He mused with them occasionally that he was from East Carolina—the state situated between North and South Carolina, which should not be confused with the state of West Carolina, which bordered the Atlantic on the west side of the ocean.

   • 2015, Deborah B. McGregor & ‎Cynthia M. Adams, The Guide to U.S. Legal Analysis and Communication, →ISBN:

     The Court concludes, however, that Blue Sail Cayman solicited business sufficiently in East Carolina to bring it within East Carolina's jurisdictional statue.

   • 2016, Michael H. Hoffheimer, Examples & Explanations for Conflict of Laws, →ISBN:

     The East Carolina legislature has enacted a statute that bars negligence claims for injuries caused during horse riding lessons. West Carolina has no such bar, and riding instructors are liable for actual damages caused by their negligence.

See also

• West Carolina