North Carolina

North Carolina

English

Map of US highlighting North Carolina

Etymology

From Carolus, Latin form of the name of king Charles I of England.

Pronunciation

• (General American) enPR: nôrth kârəlīʹnə, IPA^(key): /ˌnɔɹθ kɛɹəˈlaɪnə/

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• (Southern American English, rhotic) IPA^(key): /ˌnɔɹθ kæɹəˈlaːnə/
• (Southern American English, non-rhotic) IPA^(key): /ˌnɔːθ kæɹəˈlaːnə/, /ˌnɔːθ kæəˈlaːnə/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˌnɔːθ kæɹ.əˈlaɪn.ə/

Proper noun

North Carolina

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

Derived terms

• NC
• North Carolinan
• North Carolinian

Related terms

• South Carolina

Translations

state of the United States

Arabic: كَارُولَايْنَا اَلشَّمَالِيَّة‎ f (karulaynā š-šamāliyya) Basque: Ipar Carolina Belarusian: Паўно́чная Каралі́на f (Paŭnóčnaja Karalína) Cherokee: ᏖᏣᏍ (tetsas) Chinese: Mandarin: 北卡羅來納／北卡罗来纳 (zh), 北卡罗莱纳 (Běi-Kǎluōláinà) Czech: Severní Karolína (cs) f Danish: North Carolina Dutch: North Carolina (nl) n, Noord-Carolina (nl) n Esperanto: Norda Karolino Estonian: Põhja-Carolina (et) Finnish: Pohjois-Carolina (fi) French: Caroline du Nord (fr) f Galician: Carolina do Norte (gl) f Georgian: ჩრდილოეთი კაროლინა (črdiloeti ḳarolina) German: Nordkarolina (de) n, North Carolina (de) n Greenlandic: Carolina Avannarleq Hindi: उत्तरी केरोलिना (uttarī kerolinā), नॉर्थ कैरोलिना (nŏrth kairolinā), नार्थ कैरोलीना (nārth kairolīnā) Hungarian: Észak-Karolina (hu) Icelandic: Norður-Karólína f Japanese: ノースカロライナ (Nōsu-Karoraina) Khmer: ការ៉ូលីណាខាងជើង (kaarouliinaa khaang cəəng) Korean: 노스캐롤라이나 (Noseukaerollaina) Latin: Carolīna Septentriōnālis f Latvian: Ziemeļkarolīna f Macedonian: Северна Кароли́на f (Severna Karolína) Malay: Carolina Utara Navajo: Náhookǫsjí Kééláanah hahoodzo Polish: Karolina Północna (pl) f Portuguese: Carolina do Norte (pt) f Russian: Се́верная Кароли́на (ru) f (Sévernaja Karolína) Serbo-Croatian: Sjeverna Karolina f Spanish: Carolina del Norte (es) f Thai: นอร์ทแคโรไลนา (nɔ́ɔt-kɛɛ-roo-lai-nâa) Turkish: North Carolina, Kuzey Carolina Ukrainian: Півні́чна Каролі́на f (Pivníčna Karolína) Uyghur: شىمالىي كارولىنا‎ (shimaliy karolina) Vietnamese: Bắc Carolina Yiddish: נאָרט קאַראָלײַנאַ‎ (nort karolayna)

See also

• North Cackalacky, North Cackalack

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Federal District: Washington, D.C.

Territories: American Samoa · Guam · Northern Mariana Islands · Puerto Rico · United States minor outlying islands · United States Virgin Islands

Further reading

• North Carolina on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

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Danish

Alternative forms

• Nord-Carolina (very rare)
• Nord Carolina (very rare)

Etymology

Borrowed from English North Carolina.

Proper noun

North Carolina (genitive North Carolinas)

1. North Carolina (a state of the United States)