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| Bermuda |
a British colony comprising a group of islands southeast of North Carolina. |
| Carolina |
(pl.) the U.S. states of North and South Carolina (prec. by "the"). |
| Catawba |
a member of a North American Indian tribe of South Carolina. [1/3 definitions] |
| Charleston |
a South Carolina seaport. [1/3 definitions] |
| Cherokee |
a member of a Native American people that used to live in the southeastern United States. The Cherokee now live mostly in Oklahoma and also in North Carolina. |
| Columbia |
the capital of South Carolina. [1/2 definitions] |
| Deep South |
the southeastern U.S. region, esp. Georgia, South Carolina, Alabama, Mississippi, and Louisiana, considered most typically Southern. |
| GA |
abbreviation of "Georgia," a southeastern U.S. state on the Atlantic coast between South Carolina and Florida. |
| Georgia |
a southeastern U.S. state on the Atlantic coast between South Carolina and Florida. (abbr.: GA) [1/2 definitions] |
| NC |
abbreviation of "North Carolina." |
| North Carolina |
a southeastern U.S. state on the Atlantic coast between Virginia and South Carolina. (abbr.: NC) |
| Raleigh |
the capital of North Carolina. |
| Roanoke Island |
an island off the coast of North Carolina, where colonists brought by Sir Walter Raleigh established the first English settlement in North America in 1585. |
| SC |
abbreviation of "South Carolina." |
| South Carolina |
a southeastern U.S. state on the Atlantic coast, between North Carolina and Georgia. (abbr.: SC) |
| Tuscarora |
a member of a tribe of North American Indians formerly living in North Carolina, and later in upstate New York, and that belong to the Six Nations. [1/2 definitions] |
| VA1 |
abbreviation of "Virginia," a southern U.S. state on the Atlantic coast between Maryland and North Carolina. |
| Virginia |
a southern U.S. state on the Atlantic coast between Maryland and North Carolina. (abbr.: VA) |
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