Carolina

American  

[kar-uh-lahy-nuh, kah-raw-lee-nah] / ˌkær əˈlaɪ nə, ˌkɑ rɔˈli nɑ /

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 Carolinas. North Carolina and South Carolina.

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Carolina British  

/ 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

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Carolina

South Carolina Student Loan, for instance, lowered its credit-score requirement to 600 for students studying healthcare fields.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 22, 2026

The FDA previously sent Apothecary Pharma a warning letter in December stating that the company failed to properly label the drug at its outsourcing facility in North Carolina.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 21, 2026

So when someone says — as South Carolina U.S.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 21, 2026

Thanks to favorable physics, AM signals also travel much farther—I once picked up a station in Chicago at nighttime while driving through North Carolina.

From Slate ● Oct. 20, 2026

“I’m serious. A long time ago, there were pirates everywhere on the North Carolina coast. Your grandfather could tell you the stories.”

From "Caterpillar Summer" by Gillian McDunn

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