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

“If you’re waiting until Carolina picks somebody in the draft, that’s a long time to wait to find a starting quarterback for your team,” Fitzgerald said.

From Washington Post

Washington’s coaching staff and revamped athletic training staff includes more than a dozen people from Carolina, largely because of an established trust with Rivera.

From Washington Post

Carolina, San Francisco, Indianapolis and Washington will certainly call.

From Washington Post

Rob Rogers, the team’s senior vice president of football administration and one of nearly two dozen people to follow Rivera from Carolina, will continue to manage Washington’s salary cap and lead contract negotiations.

From Washington Post

Although Hurney was key to hiring Rivera in 2011 and helped form Carolina’s Super Bowl-bound teams in 2003 and 2015, he was fired in 2012, following three playoff-less seasons, only to return five years later on an interim basis.

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

Matthew Fenner claims members of the North Carolina-based The Word of Faith Fellowship subjected him to a brutal attack.

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

And maybe you can throw in North Carolina under the right circumstances.

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

First permanent settlement began in 1669; original charter included North Carolina and Georgia.

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The swamp is more easily accessible from Virginia than from North Carolina.

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A North Carolina planter gives an interesting account of curing tobacco yellow.

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