North Carolina

American  

noun

1. a state in the southeastern United States, on the Atlantic coast. 52,586 square miles (136,198 square kilometers). Raleigh. NC (for use with zip code), N.C.

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North Carolina British  

noun

1. Abbreviation: N.C..   NC.  a state of the southeastern US, on the Atlantic: consists of a coastal plain rising to the Piedmont Plateau and the Appalachian Mountains in the west. Capital: Raleigh. Pop: 8 407 248 (2003 est). Area: 126 387 sq km (48 798 sq miles)

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North Carolina Cultural  

1. State in the southeastern United States bordered by Virginia to the north, the Atlantic Ocean to the east, South Carolina and Georgia to the south, and Tennessee to the west. Its capital is Raleigh, and its largest city is Charlotte.

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One of the Confederate states during the Civil War.

One of the thirteen colonies.

Other Word Forms

• North Carolinian
  adjective

Example Sentences

I saw that you were all recently in North Carolina at the grocery store where Mr. Beast is doing a challenge.

From Los Angeles Times • May 13, 2026

They flew to North Carolina the day after receiving the news, toured the campus, met with an admissions officer and visited the biology department before she committed.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 11, 2026

North Carolina was the first to do so, a decade ago.

From Slate • May 11, 2026

After Tony Dunn lost his home in a California wildfire, he moved to mountainous North Carolina to avoid more climate disasters.

From Barron's • May 11, 2026

A junior at North Carolina College, Brown telephoned a few of his college friends and asked what they thought.

From "The Best of Enemies" by Osha Gray Davidson