noun
1. a state in southeastern United States; one of the original 13 colonies (Freq. 3)
• Syn: ↑Old North State, ↑Tar Heel State, ↑NC
• Instance Hypernyms: ↑American state
• Member Holonyms: ↑Confederacy, ↑Confederate States, ↑Confederate States of America, ↑South, ↑Dixie, ↑Dixieland
• Part Holonyms:
↑United States, ↑United States of America, ↑America, ↑the States, ↑US, ↑U.S., ↑USA, ↑U.S.A., ↑South, ↑Carolina, ↑Carolinas
• Part Meronyms:
↑Great Smoky Mountains National Park, ↑Cape Fear, ↑Cape Hatteras, ↑Hatteras Island, ↑Raleigh, ↑capital of North Carolina, ↑Asheville, ↑Chapel Hill, ↑Charlotte, ↑Queen City, ↑Durham, ↑Fayetteville, ↑Goldsboro, ↑Greensboro, ↑Greenville, ↑Wilmington, ↑Winston-Salem, ↑Blue Ridge Mountains, ↑Blue Ridge, ↑Cape Fear River, ↑Pee Dee, ↑Pee Dee River
2. one of the British colonies that formed the United States
• Instance Hypernyms: ↑Colony
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North Carolina [North Carolina]
a southern US state on the Atlantic Ocean, also called the Tarheel State and the Old North State. The largest city is Charlotte, and the capital city is Raleigh. The state was settled by the English and named after King ↑Charles I. It was one of the original 13 states and later one of the ↑Confederate States. Its products include tobacco, corn, furniture, paper and chemicals. Its tourist attractions include the ↑Great Smoky Mountains, the Blue Ridge National Parkway and the Wright Brothers National Memorial at Kitty Hawk.
Useful english dictionary. 2012.