Carolina
proper nouncommon in dialogue
- United Kingdom//ˌkæɹəˈlaɪnə//
- United Kingdom//ˌkaɹəˈlɑjnə//
- //ˌkæɹəˈlaɪnə//
A female given name from Latin, Latinate form of Caroline; rare in English.
proper noun
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A female given name from Latin, Latinate form of Caroline; rare in English.
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A placename: Either North Carolina or South Carolina.
I drove all the way from Florida to Carolina.
These first English migrants to Jamestown endured terrible disease and arrived during a period of drought and colder-than-normal winters. The migrants to Roanoke on the outer banks of Carolina, where the English had gone in the 1580s, disappeared. And a brief effort to settle the coast of Maine in 1607 and 1608 failed because of an unusually bitter winter.
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A placename: A town in Alabama.
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A placename: A village and census-designated place in the towns of Charlestown and Richmond, Washington County, Rhode Island.
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A placename: A municipality of Maranhão, Brazil.
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A placename: A municipality of Maranhão, Brazil.
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A placename: A municipality of Puerto Rico, United States.
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A placename: A town in Mpumalanga, South Africa.
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A placename: A municipality of Para district, Suriname.
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A placename: A town in San Miguel department, El Salvador.
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University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
Etymology
From Italian Carolina or its etymon Latin Carolīna, from Carolus (“Charles”) + -īna (feminine diminutive suffix). By surface analysis, Carol (male given name) + -ina (feminine diminutive suffix). Doublet of Caroline. The U.S. states are named for Charles I of England.
Forms
- plural
- Carolinas
Carolina · A female given name from Latin, Latinate form of Caroline; rare in English.
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