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

He was subsequently beaten so brutally by a South Carolina sheriff that he was left permanently blind.

From Washington Post

The per capita income in South Carolina was $301 compared with $648 in Pennsylvania.

From Washington Post

These days, Jeff Immelt splits time between coastal South Carolina and coastal northern California.

From Freakonomics

The family’s annual beach trip to South Carolina, planned months before the pandemic, promised a week of escape.

From Washington Post

Teachers in Arizona and Arkansas are eligible now, but not yet in South Carolina or South Dakota.

From Washington Post

Still, for all of this, South Carolina is now represented in the U.S. Senate by Tim Scott, a Republican and an African-American.

From The Daily Beast

“If that is the case, we will have a serious problem,” said Hogan Gidley, a GOP strategist in South Carolina.

From The Daily Beast

South Carolina and Alabama courts have already ruled late-pregnancy substance abuse can be considered a form of child abuse.

From The Daily Beast

The Medical University of South Carolina released a survey of 2,000 college women in 2007.

From The Daily Beast

And in South Carolina, Sen. Scott received just 10 percent of the black vote.

From The Daily Beast

He bore a distinguished part in the war in South Carolina, and was closely identified with the early history of the state.

From Project Gutenberg

South Carolina adopted the federal constitution, recommending amendments, being the 8th state in succession; votes 149 to 73.

From Project Gutenberg

Washington Alston, the great historical painter of South Carolina, died.

From Project Gutenberg

Off the coast of South Carolina they ran into a heavy storm, and the great ship creaked and groaned as it buffeted wind and wave.

From Project Gutenberg

In the southern colonies they were about as numerous as the whigs, and in South Carolina and Georgia perhaps outnumbered them.

From Project Gutenberg