CAROLINAS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Carolinas mean? 

• CAROLINAS (noun)
  The noun CAROLINAS has 1 sense:

1. the area of the states of North Carolina and South Carolina

  Familiarity information: CAROLINAS used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• CAROLINAS (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

The area of the states of North Carolina and South Carolina

Classified under:

Nouns denoting spatial position

Synonyms:

Carolina; Carolinas

Instance hypernyms:

geographic area; geographic region; geographical area; geographical region (a demarcated area of the Earth)

Meronyms (parts of "Carolinas"):

N.C.; NC; North Carolina; Old North State; Tar Heel State (a state in southeastern United States; one of the original 13 colonies)

Palmetto State; S.C.; SC; South Carolina (a state in the Deep South; one of the original 13 colonies)

Holonyms ("Carolinas" is a part of...):

South (the region of the United States lying to the south of the Mason-Dixon line)

 Context examples 

This terrible secret society was formed by some ex-Confederate soldiers in the Southern states after the Civil War, and it rapidly formed local branches in different parts of the country, notably in Tennessee, Louisiana, the Carolinas, Georgia, and Florida.

(The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)