English > Tar Heel State: 1 sense > noun 1, location| Meaning | A state in southeastern United States; one of the original 13 colonies. |
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| Synonyms | North Carolina, Old North State, NC, N.C. |
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| Instance of | American state | One of the 50 states of the United States |
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| Member of | Confederacy, Confederate States, Confederate States of America, South, Dixie, Dixieland | The southern states that seceded from the United States in 1861 |
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| Part of | Carolina, Carolinas | The area of the states of North Carolina and South Carolina |
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| South | The region of the United States lying to the south of the Mason-Dixon line |
| United States, United States of America, America, the States, US, U.S., USA, U.S.A. | North American republic containing 50 states - 48 conterminous states in North America plus Alaska in northwest North America and the Hawaiian Islands in the Pacific Ocean |
| Parts | Asheville | A town in western North Carolina in the Blue Ridge Mountains to the west of Charlotte |
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| Blue Ridge Mountains, Blue Ridge | A range of the Appalachians extending from southern Pennsylvania to northern Georgia |
| Cape Fear | A cape in southeastern North Carolina extending into the Atlantic Ocean |
| Cape Fear River | A river in North Carolina that flows southeast to the Atlantic Ocean at Cape Fear |
| Cape Hatteras | A promontory on Hatteras Island off the Atlantic coast of North Carolina |
| Chapel Hill | A town in central North Carolina |
| Charlotte, Queen City | The largest city in North Carolina |
| Durham | A city of north central North Carolina |
| Fayetteville | A town in south central North Carolina |
| Goldsboro | A town that is a major tobacco center in eastern North Carolina |
| Great Smoky Mountains National Park | A national park in Tennessee and North Carolina that includes the highest mountain in the eastern United States |
| Greensboro | A city of north central North Carolina |
| Greenville | A city in eastern North Carolina |
| Hatteras Island | A barrier island running parallel to the North Carolina shore |
| Pee Dee, Pee Dee River | A river that flows through central North Carolina and northeastern South Carolina to the Atlantic Ocean |
| Raleigh, capital of North Carolina | capital of the state of North Carolina |
| Wilmington | A town in southeastern North Carolina on the Cape Fear River |
| Winston-Salem | A city of north central North Carolina |
| Spanish | Carolina del Norte, North Carolina |
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| Catalan | Carolina del Nord |
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