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Definition of “North Carolina”

North Carolina

Definitions

noun

  1. a state of the southeastern US, on the Atlantic: consists of a coastal plain rising to the Piedmont Plateau and the Appalachian Mountains in the west. Capital: Raleigh. Pop: 8 407 248 (2003 est). Area: 126 387 sq km (48 798 sq miles) Abbreviation: N.C., (with zip code) NC

Example Sentences Including 'North Carolina'

"We immigrants to America have to pay back," he says from his base in North Carolina , where he awaits deployment to Kuwait.
Globe and Mail (2003)
Hairston is survived by a 16-year-old daughter, Amber, and three sisters, all living in North Carolina.
Glasgow Herald (2001)
He also helped the University of Alabama to second place in the team event, five strokes behind the University of North Carolina.
Irish Times (2002)
I became interested in pregnancy dreams in 1966 after reading over a large number of them volunteered by women in North Carolina.
Van de Castle, Robert L. Our Dreaming Mind
I was also privileged to have trained with the 82nd Airborne at Fort Bragg in North Carolina.
MacNeill, Alastair The Devil's Door
I was to hear a lot of that voice in the three months I spent in North Carolina with mama.
Shell, Ray Iced
Pia was the best and possibly only friend I had in North Carolina.
Shell, Ray Iced
The scale of the task is huge, says Curtis Richardson at Duke University in Durham, North Carolina , a member of Reiss ' team.
New Scientist (2003)
The shootings took place during a meeting of the Living Church of God, a group based in Charlotte, North Carolina.
Liverpool Daily Post and Echo (2005)

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