Carolina.
A female given name from Latin, Latinate form of Caroline; rare in English.
Meaning & usage
A female given name from Latin, Latinate form of Caroline; rare in English.
A placename: Either North Carolina or South Carolina.
I drove all the way from Florida to Carolina.
A placename: A town in Alabama.
A placename: A village and census-designated place in the towns of Charlestown and Richmond, Washington County, Rhode Island.
A placename: A municipality of Maranhão, Brazil.
A placename: A municipality of Maranhão, Brazil.
A placename: A municipality of Puerto Rico, United States.
A placename: A town in Mpumalanga, South Africa.
A placename: A municipality of Para district, Suriname.
A placename: A town in San Miguel department, El Salvador.
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
Where this word comes from
From Italian Carolina or its etymon Latin Carolīna, from Carolus (“Charles”) + -īna (feminine diminutive suffix). By surface analysis, Carol (male given name) + -ina (feminine diminutive suffix). Doublet of Caroline. The U.S. states are named for Charles I of England.
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