English noun: Tar Heel State |
1. | Tar Heel State (location) a state in southeastern United States; one of the original 13 colonies |
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| Synonyms | NC, North Carolina, Old North State |
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| Instance hypernym | American state |
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| Part holonym | Asheville, Blue Ridge, Blue Ridge Mountains, Cape Fear, Cape Fear River, Cape Hatteras, capital of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, Charlotte, Durham, Fayetteville, Goldsboro, Great Smoky Mountains National Park, Greensboro, Greenville, Hatteras Island, Pee Dee, Pee Dee River, Queen City, Raleigh, Wilmington, Winston-Salem |
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| Part meronym | America, Carolina, Carolinas, South, the States, U.S., U.S.A., United States, United States of America, US, USA |
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| Member meronym | Confederacy, Confederate States, Confederate States of America, Dixie, Dixieland, South |
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