Carolina
pronunciation
How to pronounce Carolina in British English:
UK [ˌkærə'laɪnə]
How to pronounce Carolina in American English:
US [ˌkærə'laɪnə]
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- Noun:
- the area of the states of North Carolina and South Carolina
Word Origin
- Carolina
- 1663, North American colony named for King Charles II (the Latin form of the male proper name is Carolus). Earlier French colonists called the region Caroline (1564) in honor of Charles IX, King of France. A 1629 grant here by Charles I of England was named Carolana. The original site of the name is modern South Carolina and the tract originally included North Carolina and Georgia; North Carolina first used 1691, in reference to settlements made from Virginia. The official division into north and south dates from 1710. Used generically in forming species names in botany and zoology from 1734.
Example
- 1. North carolina became the thirtieth state to pass such an amendment .
- 2. Back in north carolina , he saw globalization taking its toll .
- 3. He triumphed in south carolina one angry speech at a time .
- 4. Lincoln showed fox a message he was sending to governor pickens in south carolina .
- 5. He later served five terms in congress from south carolina .