- North Carolina, Old North State, Tar Heel State, NC - a state in southeastern United States; one of the original 13 colonies
--1 is a kind of American state
--1 is a part of
--1 is a member ofUnited States, United States of America, America, US, U.S., USA, U.S.A.
--1 has parts:Confederacy, Confederate States, Confederate States of America, South, Dixie, Dixieland - North Carolina - one of the British colonies that formed the United States
--2 is a kind of Colony