north carolina

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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
NC a state on the east coast of the US, which produces a lot of tobacco. It was one of the 13 original states of the US. State (pop., 2000: 8,049,313), southern Atlantic region, U.S. Lying on the Atlantic Ocean, it is bordered by Virginia, South Carolina, and Tennessee. It covers 52,672 sq mi (136,420 sq km); its capital is Raleigh. Ranges of the Appalachian Mountains, including the Great Smoky Mountains, are in the west; the Blue Ridge Mountains are in the east. Several Indian peoples inhabited the area before Europeans arrived. The coast was explored by Giovanni da Verrazzano in 1524, and the first English settlement in the New World was established at Roanoke Island in 1585. It formed part of the Carolina grant of 1663. A provincial congress in April 1776 gave the first explicit sanction of independence by an American colony, and North Carolina was invaded by British troops in 1780. An original state of the Union, it was the 12th to ratify the Constitution. Its 18th-century agricultural economy based on slave labour continued into the 19th century. It seceded from the Union in 1861; in 1865, following the American Civil War, it annulled the secession order and abolished slavery, and it was readmitted to the Union in 1868. In the 1940s its economy was improved as some of the nation's largest military installations, including Fort Bragg, were located there. After World War II the long struggle to eliminate racial segregation began. It has a large rural population but is also the leading industrial state of its region, and it has an expanding high technology industry in the Raleigh-Durham area. Products include tobacco, corn, and furniture
state in the southeastern United States
a state in southeastern United States; one of the original 13 colonies one of the British colonies that formed the United States
N.C
Tar Heel State

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Regulators of North Carolina
(1764-71) Vigilance group formed in the western frontier counties of North Carolina. Opposed to the high taxes and corruption of the colonial government, the group sought vainly to obtain reforms; it then refused to pay taxes, agitated against public officials, and committed acts of violence. Gov. William Tryon sent troops to crush the insurrection at the Battle of Alamance (1771). The leaders were hanged for treason, and many followers fled to Tennessee, where they sided with the loyalists in the American Revolution
University of North Carolina
UNC, large public university with its main campus in Chapel Hill and several smaller campuses throughout the state of North Carolina (USA)
university of north carolina
a university in Chapel Hill, North Carolina
north carolina

    Hyphenation

    North Car·o·li·na

    Turkish pronunciation

    nôrth kerılaynı

    Pronunciation

    /ˈnôrᴛʜ ˌkerəˈlīnə/ /ˈnɔːrθ ˌkɛrəˈlaɪnə/

    Etymology

    () From Latin Carolus, Latin form of King Charles I of England.

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