Carolina
See also: carolina
English edit
Etymology edit
From Latin Carolus (“Charles”) + -ina (feminine diminutive suffix).
The U.S. states are named for Charles I of England.
Pronunciation edit
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˌkæɹ.əˈlaɪ.nə/
Audio (Southern England) (file)
- (General American) IPA(key): /ˌkæɹ.əˈlaɪ.nə/, /ˌkɛɹ.əˈlaɪ.nə/
(Mary–marry–merry distinction)Audio (US) (file)
(Mary–marry–merry merger)Audio (US) (file)
- Rhymes: -aɪnə
Proper noun edit
Carolina (countable and uncountable, plural Carolinas)
- (countable) A female given name from Latin, Latinate form of Caroline; rare in English.
- (uncountable) A placename:
- Either North Carolina or South Carolina.
- I drove all the way from Florida to Carolina.
- A town in Alabama.
- A municipality of Maranhão, Brazil.
- A municipality of Maranhão, Brazil.
- A municipality of Puerto Rico, United States.
- A town in Mpumalanga, South Africa.
- A municipality of Para district, Suriname.
- A town in the San Miguel department, El Salvador
- Either North Carolina or South Carolina.
- (uncountable) University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
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Descendants edit
- Latin: carolinianus (New Latin)
- Latin: carolinensis (New Latin)
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Catalan edit
Proper noun edit
Carolina f
- a female given name, equivalent to English Caroline
Italian edit
Pronunciation edit
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Carolina f
- a female given name, equivalent to English Caroline
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Portuguese edit
Pronunciation edit
- Hyphenation: Ca‧ro‧li‧na
Proper noun edit
Carolina f (plural Carolinas)
- a female given name, equivalent to English Caroline
- Carolina (either of the two states North Carolina or South Carolina)
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Spanish edit
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Carolina f
- a female given name, equivalent to English Caroline
- A town in the San Miguel department, El Salvador
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Audio (file)
Proper noun edit
Carolina c (genitive Carolinas)
- a female given name, variant of Karolina