south carolina

Noun
  1. One of the British colonies that formed the United States (synset 109160954)
    is an instance of: colony - one of the 13 British colonies that formed the original states of the United States
  2. A state in the Deep South;
    One of the original 13 colonies (synset 109160577)
    domain member region: battle of cowpens, cowpens - battle in the American Revolution; Americans under Daniel Morgan defeated the British
    is an instance of: american state - one of the 50 states of the United States
    belongs to: confederacy, confederate states, confederate states of america, dixie, dixieland, south - the southern states that seceded from the United States in 1861
    has:
    • capital of south carolina, columbia - capital and largest city in South Carolina; located in central South Carolina
    • charleston - a port city in southeastern South Carolina
    • florence - a town in northeast South Carolina; transportation center
    • greenville - a town in northwest South Carolina in the Piedmont
    • pee dee, pee dee river - a river that flows through central North Carolina and northeastern South Carolina to the Atlantic Ocean
    • savannah, savannah river - a river in South Carolina that flows southeast to the Atlantic
    is a part of:
    • america, the states, u.s., u.s.a., united states, united states of america, us, usa - North American republic containing 50 states - 48 conterminous states in North America plus Alaska in northwest North America and the Hawaiian Islands in the Pacific Ocean; achieved independence in 1776
    • south - the region of the United States lying to the south of the Mason-Dixon line
    • deep south - the southeastern region of the United States: South Carolina and Georgia and Alabama and Mississippi and Louisiana; prior to the American Civil War all these states produced cotton and permitted slavery
    • carolina, carolinas - the area of the states of North Carolina and South Carolina
    same as: palmetto state, s.c., sc

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