Carolinian

¹ American  

[kar-uh-lin-ee-uhn] / ˌkær əˈlɪn i ən /

adjective

1. of or relating to North Carolina or South Carolina or both.

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noun

1. a native or inhabitant of North Carolina or of South Carolina.

Carolinian ² American  

[kar-uh-lin-ee-uhn] / ˌkær əˈlɪn i ən /

adjective

1. Carolingian.

2. Caroline.

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noun

1. Carolingian.

Carolinian ¹ British  

/ ˌkærəˈlɪnɪən /

adjective

1. of or relating to North or South Carolina

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noun

1. a native or inhabitant of North or South Carolina

Carolinian ² British  

/ ˌkærəˈlɪnɪən /

adjective

1. a variant of Caroline Carolingian

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Etymology

Origin of Carolinian¹

First recorded in 1695–1705; Carolin(a) + -ian

Origin of Carolinian²

< Medieval Latin Carolīn(us) Carolin(e) ¹ + -ian

Example Sentences

This season, no quarterback has been as precociously stellar—brilliant, really—as Maye, a 23-year-old North Carolinian with a golden arm and a nickname that no one quite understands.

From The Wall Street Journal

“I still love that accent. “I love ‘bo,’” he said of the South Carolinian equivalent of “mate.”

From Los Angeles Times

This is Cape Fear Pier, one of the North Carolinian ports used in the transatlantic slave trade.

From Literature

That the majority of the South Carolinians in attendance that Wednesday were against the legislation was clear, Shealy said, recalling that the line to enter the room went outside the statehouse and around the building.

From Salon

After Britain offered freedom to those slaves who joined the British army, a South Carolinian aide to Gen. George Washington suggested raising “an all-black regiment” of 3,000 enslaved African-Americans to help defend Charleston.

From The Wall Street Journal