South Definition–noun | 1. | a cardinal point of the compass lying directly opposite north. Abbreviation: S | | 2. | the direction in which this point lies. | | 3. | (usually initial capital letter ) a region or territory situated in this direction. | | 4. | the South, the general area south of Pennsylvania and the Ohio River and east of the Mississippi, consisting mainly of those states that formed the Confederacy. | –adjective | 5. | lying toward or situated in the south; directed or proceeding toward the south. | | 6. | coming from the south, as a wind. | –adverb | 7. | to, toward, or in the south. | | 8. | Informal. into a state of serious decline, loss, or the like: Sales went south during the recession. | –verb (used without object) | 9. | to turn or move in a southerly direction. | | 10. | Astronomy. to cross the meridian. | |
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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 colonies. It lies on the southern Eastern Seaboard of the United States. Shaped like an inverted triangle with an east-west ...
South Carolina, flag of
U.S. state flag consisting of a dark blue field (background) with a white Sabal palmetto in the centre and a white crescent in the upper hoist corner.South Carolina State University
public, coeducational institution of higher learning in Orangeburg, South Carolina, U.S. A historically black university, South Carolina State offers numerous bachelor's degree programs through ...
South Carolina, University of
coeducational U.S. state university system based in South Carolina's capital city of Columbia. In addition to the main campus at Columbia, there are four-year branch campuses at Aiken and Spartanburg ...
North Carolina
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 ...
Coastal Carolina University
public, coeducational institution of higher learning in Conway, South Carolina, U.S. It comprises the E. Craig Wall, Sr., School of Business Administration and schools of Education, Humanities and ...
South, the
region, southeastern United States, generally though not exclusively considered to be south of the Mason and Dixon Line, the Ohio River, and the 3630' parallel. As defined by the U.S. federal ...
Citadel, The
public military college located in Charleston, South Carolina, U.S. All undergraduate daytime students, known as cadets, are required to participate in one of the Reserve Officers' Training Corps ...
railroad
Merchants in Charleston launched an early railroad-the South Carolina Railroad-which at 130 miles was by some measure the longest rail line in the world when it opened in 1833. But it was constructed ...
South Carolina
South Carolina underwent economic, demographic, social, and political revolutions after World War II. Between 1950 and 1980, nonagricultural employment grew exponentially as the State Development ...
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