/kar'euh luy"neuh/ ; for 3 also Sp. /kah'rddaw lee"nah/ , n.
1. a former English colony on the Atlantic coast of North America: officially divided into North Carolina and South Carolina in 1729.
2. North Carolina or South Carolina.
3. a city in NE Puerto Rico, SE of San Juan. 147,835.
4. Also called the Carolinas . North Carolina and South Carolina.