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

• South Carolinian
  adjective

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South Carolina

Scout Motors, another Volkswagen subsidiary, announced plans for a South Carolina factory in 2023.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 25, 2026

Among the states where the ad is expected to air are South Carolina, Nevada, New Mexico, Virginia and New Hampshire.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 23, 2026

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

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

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 21, 2026

I liked to mention that I was the great-great-granddaughter of a slave named Jim Robinson, who was probably buried in an unmarked grave somewhere on a South Carolina plantation.

From "Becoming" by Michelle Obama

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