North Carolina

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.

North Carolina

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)

North Carolina

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.

One of the Confederate states during the Civil War.

One of the thirteen colonies.

Other Word Forms

• North Carolinian adjective

Example Sentences

One family flew in from Seattle to celebrate their train-loving son’s 11th birthday, another from Atlanta and North Carolina for pre-Thanksgiving marathon sessions of Mexican Train Dominoes.

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He worked in investment banking and private equity, and ran for the Republican nomination to represent North Carolina’s 11th congressional district in 2020.

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South Dakota, Utah and North Carolina have high percentages of jobs at risk, according to their analysis.

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While he has never held public office, Driscoll worked in Congress as an intern for the Senate's veteran affairs committee, and in 2020 he made an unsuccessful bid for a House seat in North Carolina.

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Nine states had joined the department’s civil suit, which was filed in a North Carolina federal court.

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