North Carolina

English

Map of US highlighting North Carolina

Etymology

From Carolus, Latin form of the name of king Charles I of England.

Pronunciation

• (General American) enPR: nôrth kârəlīʹnə, IPA^(key): /ˌnɔɹθ kɛɹəˈlaɪnə/

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• (Southern American English, rhotic) IPA^(key): /ˌnɔɹθ kæɹəˈlaːnə/
• (Southern American English, non-rhotic) IPA^(key): /ˌnɔːθ kæɹəˈlaːnə/, /ˌnɔːθ kæəˈlaːnə/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˌnɔːθ kæɹ.əˈlaɪn.ə/

Proper noun

North Carolina

1. A state of the United States situated on the east coast of the North American mainland north of South Carolina and south of Virginia. Capital: Raleigh.

Derived terms

• NC
• North Carolinan
• North Carolinian

Related terms

• South Carolina

Translations

state of the United States

• Arabic: كَارُولَايْنَا اَلشَّمَالِيَّة‎ f (karulaynā š-šamāliyya)
• Basque: Ipar Carolina
• Belarusian: Паўно́чная Каралі́на f (Paŭnóčnaja Karalína)
• Cherokee: ᏖᏣᏍ (tetsas)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 北卡羅來納 (zh), 北卡罗莱纳 (Běi-Kǎluōláinà)

• Czech: Severní Karolína (cs) f
• Danish: North Carolina
• Dutch: North Carolina (nl) n, Noord-Carolina (nl) n
• Esperanto: Norda Karolino
• Estonian: Põhja-Carolina (et)
• Finnish: Pohjois-Carolina (fi)
• French: Caroline du Nord (fr) f
• Galician: Carolina do Norte (gl) f
• Georgian: ჩრდილოეთი კაროლინა (črdiloeti ḳarolina)
• German: Nordkarolina (de) n, North Carolina (de) n
• Greenlandic: Carolina Avannarleq
• Hindi: उत्तरी केरोलिना (uttarī kerolinā), नॉर्थ कैरोलिना (nŏrth kairolinā), नार्थ कैरोलीना (nārth kairolīnā)
• Hungarian: Észak-Karolina (hu)
• Icelandic: Norður-Karólína f

• Japanese: ノースカロライナ (Nōsu-Karoraina)
• Khmer: ការ៉ូលីណាខាងជើង (kaarouliinaa khaang cəəng)
• Korean: 노스캐롤라이나 (Noseukaerollaina)
• Latin: Carolīna Septentriōnālis f
• Latvian: Ziemeļkarolīna f
• Macedonian: Северна Кароли́на f (Severna Karolína)
• Malay: Carolina Utara
• Navajo: Náhookǫsjí Kééláanah hahoodzo
• Polish: Karolina Północna (pl) f
• Portuguese: Carolina do Norte (pt) f
• Russian: Се́верная Кароли́на (ru) f (Sévernaja Karolína)
• Serbo-Croatian: Sjeverna Karolina f
• Spanish: Carolina del Norte (es) f
• Thai: นอร์ทแคโรไลนา (nɔ́ɔt-kɛɛ-roo-lai-nâa)
• Turkish: North Carolina, Kuzey Carolina
• Ukrainian: Півні́чна Каролі́на f (Pivníčna Karolína)
• Uyghur: شىمالىي كارولىنا‎ (shimaliy karolina)
• Vietnamese: Bắc Carolina
• Yiddish: נאָרט קאַראָלײַנאַ‎ (nort karolayna)

See also

• North Cackalacky, North Cackalack

Further reading

• North Carolina on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

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Danish

Alternative forms

• Nord-Carolina (very rare)
• Nord Carolina (very rare)

Etymology

Borrowed from English North Carolina.

Proper noun

North Carolina (genitive North Carolinas)

1. North Carolina (a state of the United States)