Carolina

[ kar-uh-lahy-nuh; Spanish kah-raw-lee-nah ]

noun

1. a former English colony on the Atlantic coast of North America: officially divided into North Carolina and South Carolina in 1729.
2. North Carolina or South Carolina.
3. a city in northeast Puerto Rico, southeast of San Juan.
4. Also called the Caro·linas. North Carolina and South Carolina.

Carolina

/ ˌkærəˈlaɪnə /

noun

1. a former English colony on the E coast of North America, first established in 1663: divided in 1729 into North and South Carolina, which are often referred to as the Carolinas

Example Sentences

Bluesky provided a status notice from Cogent Communications that said some customers using part of its network located between Raleigh and Durham, North Carolina, and Richmond, Virginia, had temporarily lost connectivity.

From BBC

Decades of election data shows that individual voter fraud is extremely rare and organized voter fraud, beyond a single Republican example in North Carolina, is simply nonexistent.

From Salon

Among them are Christopher Carnell, a North Carolina man who was found guilty on several riot-related charges earlier in the year.

From BBC

Voters approved measures last week in Idaho, Iowa, Kentucky, Missouri, North Carolina, Oklahoma, South Carolina and Wisconsin to explicitly ban noncitizens from voting in state and local elections.

From Los Angeles Times

The Chargers’ 39 carries from six players were the most since Week 2 against the Carolina Panthers.

From Los Angeles Times