Carolina

See also: carolina

English

Etymology

From Latin Carolus (“Charles”) +‎ -ina (feminine diminutive suffix).

The U.S. states are named for Charles I of England.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˌkæɹ.əˈlaɪ.nə/

  • Audio (Southern England):

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• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˌkæɹ.əˈlaɪ.nə/, /ˌkɛɹ.əˈlaɪ.nə/
  • (African-American Vernacular) IPA^(key): [kæəˈlaːnə]

  • Audio (US, without the Mary–marry–merry merger):

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  • Audio (US, Mary–marry–merry merger):

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• Rhymes: -aɪnə

Proper noun

Carolina (countable and uncountable, plural Carolinas)

1. (countable) A female given name from Latin, Latinate form of Caroline; rare in English.
2. (uncountable) A placename:
   1. Either North Carolina or South Carolina.

      I drove all the way from Florida to Carolina.

      • 2019 November 25, Peter C. Mancall, “Pilgrims survived until the first Thanksgiving thanks to an epidemic that devastated Native Americans”, in CNN‎:

        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.

   2. A town in Alabama.
   3. A municipality of Maranhão, Brazil.
   4. A municipality of Maranhão, Brazil.
   5. A municipality of Puerto Rico, United States.
   6. A town in Mpumalanga, South Africa.
   7. A municipality of Para district, Suriname.
   8. A town in San Miguel department, El Salvador.
3. (uncountable) University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.

Derived terms

• Carolina Alley
• Carolina ash
• Carolina burger
• Carolina caviar
• Carolina cranesbill
• Carolina dog
• Carolina duck
• Carolina geranium
• Carolina metallic tiger beetle
• Carolina rose
• Carolina tiger beetle
• Nina from Carolina
• North Carolina
• South Carolina

Related terms

• Carol
• Caroline
• Lina

Descendants

• Latin: carolinianus (New Latin)
• Latin: carolinensis (New Latin)

Anagrams

• Carniola, anirolac, conarial

Catalan

Proper noun

Carolina f

1. a female given name, equivalent to English Caroline

Italian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ka.roˈli.na/
• Rhymes: -ina
• Hyphenation: Ca‧ro‧lì‧na

Proper noun

Carolina f

1. a female given name, equivalent to English Caroline

Anagrams

• caorlina, ciarlano, ciarlona, ricalano

Portuguese

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ka.ɾoˈlĩ.nɐ/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ka.ɾoˈlĩ.nɐ/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ka.ɾoˈli.na/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /kɐ.ɾuˈli.nɐ/

• Hyphenation: Ca‧ro‧li‧na

Proper noun

Carolina f (plural Carolinas)

1. a female given name, equivalent to English Caroline
2. Carolina (either of the two states North Carolina or South Carolina)

Derived terms

• Carol
• Carolina do Norte
• Carolina do Sul

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kaɾoˈlina/ [ka.ɾoˈli.na]
• Rhymes: -ina
• Syllabification: Ca‧ro‧li‧na

Proper noun

Carolina f

1. a female given name, equivalent to English Caroline
2. a town in San Miguel department, El Salvador

Derived terms

• ipecacuana de la Carolina

Related terms

pet forms

• Caro

Swedish

Pronunciation

• Audio:

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Proper noun

Carolina c (genitive Carolinas)

1. a female given name, variant of Karolina