North Carolina

English

Map of US highlighting North Carolina

Etymology

From Carolus, Latin form of the name of king Charles I of England.

Pronunciation

(General American) enPR: nôrth kârəlīʹnə, IPA^(key): /ˌnɔɹθ kɛɹəˈlaɪnə/
Audio (GenAm) (file)
(Southern American English, rhotic) IPA^(key): /ˌnɔɹθ kæɹəˈlaːnə/
(Southern American English, non-rhotic) IPA^(key): /ˌnɔːθ kæɹəˈlaːnə/, /ˌnɔːθ kæəˈlaːnə/
(Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˌnɔːθ kæɹ.əˈlaɪn.ə/

Proper noun

North Carolina

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

Translations

state of the United States

Arabic: كَارُولَايْنَا اَلشَّمَالِيَّة‎ f (karulaynā š-šamāliyya)
Basque: Ipar Carolina
Cherokee: ᏖᏣᏍ (tetsas)
Chinese:
Mandarin: 北卡羅來納 (zh), 北卡罗莱纳 (Běi-Kǎluōláinà)
Czech: Severní Karolína (cs) f
Danish: North Carolina
Esperanto: Norda Karolino
Estonian: Põhja-Carolina (et)
Finnish: Pohjois-Carolina (fi)
French: Caroline du Nord (fr) f
Galician: Carolina do Norte (gl) f
Georgian: ჩრდილოეთი კაროლინა (črdiloeti ḳarolina)
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)
Latvian: Ziemeļkarolīna f
Macedonian: Северна Каролина f (Séverna Karolína)
Malay: Carolina Utara
Navajo: Náhookǫsjí Kééláanah hahoodzo
Polish: Karolina Północna f
Portuguese: Carolina do Norte (pt) f
Russian: Се́верная Кароли́на (ru) f (Sévernaja Karolína)
Serbo-Croatian: Sjeverna Karolina f
Spanish: Carolina del Norte (es) f
Thai: นอร์ทแคโรไลนา (nɔ́ɔt-kɛɛ-roo-lai-nâa)
Turkish: North Carolina, Kuzey Carolina
Vietnamese: Bắc Carolina
Yiddish: נאָרט קאַראָלײַנאַ‎ (nort karolayna)

See also

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

Further reading

North Carolina on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Danish

Alternative forms

Nord-Carolina (very rare)
Nord Carolina (very rare)

Etymology

Borrowed from English North Carolina.

Proper noun

North Carolina (genitive North Carolinas)

North Carolina

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