Carolina

(kar′ə lī′nə)

English colony (1663-1729) including what is now N.C., S.C., Ga., and N Fla.

Origin: ModL, fem. of Carolus < ML, Charles

city in NE Puerto Rico, near San Juan: pop. 186,000

Origin: after Doña Carolina Andino, donor of the town site

See Carolina in American Heritage Dictionary 4

An English colony of southeast North America, first settled in 1653 and divided into North Carolina and South Carolina in 1729.

A city of northeast Puerto Rico east-southeast of San Juan. It is a processing center with a textile industry. Population: 188,000.

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