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

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North Carolina

The threat was particularly worrying in the mountains of North Carolina, where communities are still recovering from Hurricane Helene of 2024.

From Barron's ● Oct. 10, 2026

The path he laid out ran through Alaska, Ohio, North Carolina, and Maine.

From Slate ● Oct. 10, 2026

As his phone overheated in North Carolina, he decided that instead of tuning out the noise, he would jump cleats-first into the comments.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 8, 2026

A 2017 study in North Carolina found more than 90% of alpha-gal cases were misdiagnosed, often as food poisoning, because doctors were unfamiliar with it.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 4, 2026

Mabel was not due at her grandmother’s house in North Carolina until next week.

From "In the Year of the Boar and Jackie Robinson" by Bette Bao Lord