North Carolina

English

Wikipedia

Map of US highlighting North Carolina

Etymology

From Latin Carolus, Latin form of King Charles I of England.

Pronunciation

• (GenAm) enPR: nôrth kĕrəlīnə, IPA: /ˌnɔɹθ kɛɹəˈlaɪnə/, X-SAMPA: /%nOr\T kEr\@"aIn@/

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• (Southern US) IPA: /ˌnɔɚθ kaɪɹəˈlaɪnə/, X-SAMPA: /%nO@`T kaIr\@"laIn@/
• (UK) IPA: /ˌnɔɹθ kæ.ɹəˈlaɪn.ə/, X-SAMPA: /%nOr\T k{.r\@"laIn.@/

Proper noun

North Carolina

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

Derived terms

• North Carolinan
• North Carolinian
• NC

Translations

state of the United States

• Arabic: كارولاينا الشمالية (ar) (karulayna al-shamalíyya) f
• Chinese:

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

• Czech: Severní Karolína (cs) f
• Esperanto: Norda Karolino (eo)
• Finnish: Pohjois-Carolina (fi)
• French: Caroline du Nord (fr) f
• German: Nordkarolina (de), North Carolina (de)
• Greenlandic: Carolina Avannarleq (kl)
• Hindi: उत्तरी केरोलिना (hi) (uttarī kērōlinā)
• Icelandic: Norður-Karólína (is) f

• Japanese: ノースカロライナ (ja) (Nōsu-Karoraina)
• Korean: 노스캐롤라이나 (ko) (Noseu-Kaerollaina)
• Macedonian: Северна Каролина (mk) (Séverna Karolína) f
• Navajo: Náhookǫsjí Kééláanah hahoodzo
• Portuguese: Carolina do Norte (pt) m
• Russian: Северная Каролина (ru) (Sévernaja Karolína) f
• Serbo-Croatian: Sjeverna Karolina (sh) f
• Spanish: Carolina del Norte (es) f
• Turkish: North Carolina (tr), Kuzey Carolina (tr)
• Vietnamese: Bắc Carolina (vi)

See also

• Appendix:Place names in North Carolina
• North Cackalacky, North Cackalack

External links

• North Carolina on Wikipedia.Wikipedia