English
North Carolina
North Carolina comes from Latin; the Latin form is not named.
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEform not named
- Englishearliest quotation 2023North Carolina
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
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- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEform not named
- Englishearliest quotation 2023North Carolina
Earliest quotation: 2023, Cheng-yu Yang, Southeastern US states all offer Taiwan support: “The North Carolina legislature has passed a “Taiwan-Friendly Statement,”…”
Today it means
name A state of the United States, situated on the east coast of the North American mainland north of South Carolina and south of Virginia. Capital: Raleigh.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / North Carolina