Carolinas (original) (raw)

I. (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

The area of the states of North Carolina and South Carolina

Synonyms:

Carolina; Carolinas

Classified under:

Nouns denoting spatial position

Instance hypernyms:

geographic area; geographic region; geographical area; geographical region (a demarcated area of the Earth)

Meronyms (parts of "Carolinas"):

N.C.; NC; North Carolina; Old North State; Tar Heel State (a state in southeastern United States; one of the original 13 colonies)

Palmetto State; S.C.; SC; South Carolina (a state in the Deep South; one of the original 13 colonies)

Holonyms ("Carolinas" is a part of...):

South (the region of the United States lying to the south of the Mason-Dixon line)

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