North Definition–noun | 1. | a cardinal point of the compass, lying in the plane of the meridian and to the left of a person facing the rising sun. Abbreviation: N |
| 2. | the direction in which this point lies. |
| 3. | (usually initial capital letter ) a region or territory situated in this direction. |
| 4. | the North, the northern area of the United States, esp. the states that fought to preserve the Union in the Civil War, lying to the north of the Ohio River, and usually including Missouri and Maryland. |
–adjective | 7. | in, toward, or facing, the north: the north gate. |
| 8. | directed or proceeding toward the north: a north course. |
| 9. | coming from the north: a north wind. |
| 10. | (usually initial capital letter) designating the no
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–adverb | 11. | to, toward, or in the north: sailing north. |
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Carolina Definition–noun | 1. | a former English colony on the Atlantic coast of North America: officially divided into North Carolina and South Carolina in 1729. |
| 2. | North Carolina or South Carolina. |
| 3. | a city in NE Puerto Rico, SE of San Juan. 147,835. |
| 4. | Also called the Car·o·li·nas. North Carolina and South Carolina. |
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constituent state of the United States of America. One of the 13 original states, it lies on the Atlantic coast midway between New York and Florida and is bounded to the north by Virginia, to the ...
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U.S. state flag consisting of a horizontal red stripe over a white stripe and, at the hoist, a vertical blue stripe incorporating a white star, the initials of the state ("NC"), and two ribbons.Regulators of North Carolina
(1764-71), in American colonial history, vigilance society dedicated to fighting exorbitant legal fees and the corruption of appointed officials in the frontier counties of North Carolina. ...
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state system of higher education in North Carolina, U.S., consisting of a main campus in Chapel Hill and branches in Asheville, Charlotte, Greensboro, Pembroke, and Wilmington. The system also ...
South Carolina
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Carolina
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North Carolina
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one of two species of small ornamental trees of the family Calycanthaceae, with aromatic bark and sweet-scented flowers, both native to North America.United States
The English crown had issued grants to the Carolina territory as early as 1629, but it was not until 1663 that a group of eight proprietors-most of them men of extraordinary wealth and power even by ...
American Civil War
On January 10, 1865, with Tennessee and Georgia now securely in Federal hands, Sherman's 60,000-man force began to march northward into the Carolinas. It was only lightly opposed by much smaller ...
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