North Carolina

English

Wikipedia

Map of US highlighting North Carolina

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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

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• (Southern US) IPA^(key): /ˌnɔɚθ kaɪɹəˈlaɪnə/
• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˌnɔɹθ kæ.ɹəˈlaɪn.ə/

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

Hypernyms

• Usonia, Usania

Translations

state of the United States

• Arabic: كارولاينا الشمالية f (karulayna al-shamalíyya)
• Basque: Ipar Carolina
• Chinese:

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

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

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

See also

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

External links

• North Carolina on Wikipedia.Wikipedia