South Carolina

American  

noun

1. a state in the southeastern United States, on the Atlantic coast. 31,055 square miles (80,430 square kilometers). Columbia. SC (for use with zip code), S.C.

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South Carolina British  

noun

1. Abbreviation and zip code: SC.  a state of the southeastern US, on the Atlantic: the first state to secede from the Union in 1860; consists largely of low-lying coastal plains, rising in the northwest to the Blue Ridge Mountains; the largest US textile producer. Capital: Columbia. Pop: 4 147 152 (2003 est). Area: 78 282 sq km (30 225 sq miles)

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South Carolina Cultural  

1. State in the southeastern United States, bordered by North Carolina to the north, the Atlantic Ocean to the south and east, and Georgia to the south and west. Its capital and largest city is Columbia.

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One of the Confederate states during the Civil War.

One of the thirteen colonies.

Other Word Forms

Derived Forms

• South Carolinian
  adjective

Example Sentences

There are primaries in four states on Tuesday, and two marquee Republican contests in South Carolina are set to be another test of Trump's sway with his party's grassroots.

From Barron's • Jun. 9, 2026

History repeated itself the following year, this time in South Carolina.

From Salon • Jun. 8, 2026

Marion Square is owned by a private organization, the Board of Field Officers of the Fourth Brigade of the South Carolina Militia, which got the land from the city in 1833.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 4, 2026

Before last season, he said he played football for fun in South Carolina.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 3, 2026

On April 12, 1861, Confederate cannons in Charleston, South Carolina, fired on the U.S. garrison at Fort Sumter in the harbor.

From "Ambushed!" by Gail Jarrow