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English noun: Tar Heel State

1. Tar Heel State (location) a state in southeastern United States; one of the original 13 colonies


SynonymsNC, North Carolina, Old North State


Instance hypernymAmerican state


Part holonymAsheville, 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


Part meronymAmerica, Carolina, Carolinas, South, the States, U.S., U.S.A., United States, United States of America, US, USA


Member meronymConfederacy, Confederate States, Confederate States of America, Dixie, Dixieland, South









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