South Carolina

noun

1. a state in the southeastern United States, on the Atlantic coast. 31,055 square miles (80,430 square kilometers). : Columbia. : SC (for use with zip code), S.C.

South Carolina

noun

1. a state of the southeastern US, on the Atlantic: the first state to secede from the Union in 1860; consists largely of low-lying coastal plains, rising in the northwest to the Blue Ridge Mountains; the largest US textile producer. Capital: Columbia. Pop: 4 147 152 (2003 est). Area: 78 282 sq km (30 225 sq miles) Abbreviation and zip codeSC

South Carolina

1. State in the southeastern United States, bordered by North Carolina to the north, the Atlantic Ocean to the south and east, and Georgia to the south and west. Its capital and largest city is Columbia.

Notes

One of the Confederate states during the Civil War .

One of the thirteen colonies .

Other Words From

• South Carolinian adjective noun

Example Sentences

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

Police are on the hunt for 43 monkeys that escaped from a research facility in South Carolina after a keeper left their pen open.

From BBC

And USC begins the year ranked No. 3 in the Associated Press Top 25, behind South Carolina and Connecticut.

From Los Angeles Times

By now, polls will be closing in Indiana, Kentucky, South Carolina, Vermont and Virginia, but these are not swing states, so the results will be predictable.

From BBC

This was a bridge too far for South Carolina Senator Lindsey Graham.

From Salon