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Carolina
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carolina
English
Etymology
en :bor it:Carolina la:Carolīna<ety:af<Carolus><-īna>> 1
From en it Carolina or its etymon en la Carolīna, from la Carolus Charles + la -īna feminine diminutive suffix.48 1 en Carol male given name -ina feminine diminutive suffix 1. en Caroline.
The U.S. states are named for Charles I of England.
Pronunciation
en /ˌkæɹəˈlaɪnə/ RP
en /ˌkaɹəˈlɑjnə/ SSB
en LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-Carolina.wav Southern England
en US
en /ˌkæɹəˈlaɪnə/ nMmmm
en en-us-ne-carolina.ogg US,nMmmm
en /ˌkɛɹəˈlaɪnə/ Mmmm
en en-us-carolina.wav US,Mmmm
en [kæəˈlaːnə] AAVE
en /ˌkaɾəˈlʌɪnə/ Scotland
en /ˌkaɾəˈlaɪnə/ Wales
en /ˌkæɹəˈlɑenə/ AU
en /ˌkɛɹəˈlɑenə/ NZ
en aɪnə 4
Proper noun
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en countable en female Latin Latinate form of Caroline; rare in English.
en uncountable A placename:
Either North Carolina or South Carolina.
en I drove all the way from Florida to Carolina.
en Peter C. Mancall Pilgrims survived until the first Thanksgiving thanks to an epidemic that devastated Native Americans w:CNN https://www.cnn.com/2019/11/25/health/pilgrim-survival-disease-conversation-wellness 2019-11-25 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. https://web.archive.org/web/20260218112330/https://www.cnn.com/2019/11/25/health/pilgrim-survival-disease-conversation-wellness 18 February 2026
en town s/Alabama.
en village/and/CDP in the towns of x/Charlestown and x/Richmond co/Washington County s/Rhode Island. TopoZone: Carolina, Rhode Island
en municipality s/Maranhão c/Brazil.
en municipality s/Maranhão c/Brazil.
en municipality terr/Puerto Rico c/US.
en town p/Mpumalanga c/South Africa.
en municipality dist/Para c/Suriname.
en town dept/San Miguel c/El Salvador.
en uncountable University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
Derived terms
en Carolina ash North Carolina Carolina caviar Carolina metallic tiger beetle South Carolina Carolina burger Carolina dog Carolina Alley Carolina poplar Carolina tiger beetle Carolina rose Carolina cranesbill Carolina geranium Nina from Carolina Carolina duck
Related terms
en Carol
en Caroline
en Lina
Descendants
la carolinianus New Latin
la carolinensis New Latin
References
Anagrams
en aacilnor Carniola anirolac conarial
en Universities
Catalan
Proper noun
f
ca female Caroline
Italian
Etymology
it :lbor la:Carolīna<ety:af<Carolus><-īna>>
it la Carolīna.
Pronunciation
Carolìna
Proper noun
f
it female Caroline
Anagrams
it aacilnor caorlina ciarlano ciarlona ricalano
Portuguese
Pronunciation
pt Ca ro li na
Proper noun
f +
pt female Caroline
en Carolina either of the two states North Carolina or South Carolina
Derived terms
pt Carolina do Norte Carolina do Sul Carol
Spanish
Pronunciation
Proper noun
f
es female Caroline
es town dept/San Miguel c/El Salvador
Derived terms
es ipecacuana de la Carolina
Related terms
es pet forms Caro
Swedish
Pronunciation
sv LL-Q9027 (swe)-Moonhouse-Carolina.wav
Proper noun
c
sv female Karolina