noun
1. one of the British colonies that formed the United States (Freq. 1)
• Instance Hypernyms: ↑Colony
2. a state in the Deep South; one of the original 13 colonies (Freq. 1)
• Syn: ↑Palmetto State, ↑SC
• Members of this Region: ↑Cowpens, ↑battle of Cowpens
• Instance Hypernyms: ↑American state
• Member Holonyms: ↑Confederacy, ↑Confederate States, ↑Confederate States of America, ↑South, ↑Dixie, ↑Dixieland
• Part Holonyms:
↑United States, ↑United States of America, ↑America, ↑the States, ↑US, ↑U.S., ↑USA, ↑U.S.A., ↑South, ↑Deep South, ↑Carolina, ↑Carolinas
• Part Meronyms:
↑Columbia, ↑capital of South Carolina, ↑Charleston, ↑Florence, ↑Greenville, ↑Pee Dee, ↑Pee Dee River, ↑Savannah, ↑Savannah River
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South Carolina [South Carolina]
a south-eastern US state on the Atlantic Ocean, also called the Palmetto State. The capital and largest city is Columbia. The state was named after the English king ↑Charles I and was one of the original ↑thirteen colonies. It produces ↑textiles, fruit, tobacco, chickens and ↑cattle. Its tourist attractions include the Fort Sumter National Monument and the Riverbanks Zoo and Garden in Columbia.
Useful english dictionary. 2012.