tar heel state

1. A state in southeastern United States;
   One of the original 13 colonies (synset 109148971)
   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:

   • great smoky mountains national park - a national park in Tennessee and North Carolina that includes the highest mountain in the eastern United States
   • cape fear - a cape in southeastern North Carolina extending into the Atlantic Ocean
   • cape hatteras - a promontory on Hatteras Island off the Atlantic coast of North Carolina
   • hatteras island - a barrier island running parallel to the North Carolina shore
   • capital of north carolina, raleigh - capital of the state of North Carolina; located in the east central part of the North Carolina
   • asheville - a town in western North Carolina in the Blue Ridge Mountains to the west of Charlotte
   • chapel hill - a town in central North Carolina; site of the University of North Carolina
   • charlotte, queen city - the largest city in North Carolina; located in south central North Carolina
   • durham - a city of north central North Carolina; site of Duke University
   • fayetteville - a town in south central North Carolina
   • goldsboro - a town that is a major tobacco center in eastern North Carolina
   • greensboro - a city of north central North Carolina
   • greenville - a city in eastern North Carolina; tobacco market
   • wilmington - a town in southeastern North Carolina on the Cape Fear River
   • winston-salem - a city of north central North Carolina
   • blue ridge, blue ridge mountains - a range of the Appalachians extending from southern Pennsylvania to northern Georgia
   • cape fear river - a river in North Carolina that flows southeast to the Atlantic Ocean at Cape Fear
   • pee dee, pee dee river - a river that flows through central North Carolina and northeastern South Carolina to the Atlantic Ocean
   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
   • carolina, carolinas - the area of the states of North Carolina and South Carolina
   same as: n.c., nc, north carolina, old north state

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