Why is North Carolina sometimes refered to as North Cacalacy?
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its a figure of speack us ncers use sorry if it confuese ppls but we all say it y i dont know but we do lol
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Carolina was named to honor Charles IX of France and then Charles I and Charles II of England. Carolina is rooted in Latin and comes from the word Caroliinus. This word is derived from the name Carolus, translated as "Charles."
1159520
It's short for "the research triangle."  It has to do with all the research that takes place in the area, especially at the three big universities.  I'll give you a link in the sources.
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It amazes me that NC has one of the best university systems in the US, but its public schools rank so low.\n\nChapel Hill is about the only district in the state known for having a decent school system.  There are always private schools.
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R.E. Lee wasn't a northerner, he was a Virginian that went with the South when 'his' state seceded.  After the war, he was apart of the union.  I think you're referring to the carpetbaggers, as the one above mentioned.
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The nickname "tar heel" dates back to the civil war. Supposedly, a regiment of North Carolina soldiers stayed and fought a battle after their support retreated. They won, and upon rejoining the other regiments, the NC soldiers threatened to put tar on the cowards' heels to make them "stick better in the next fight."
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Go to the Website listed below and find the center in North Carolina that is nearest to the area you are looking in.  Call a center there and ask them if they can help you find this facility.  Maybe it has changed its name or something like that.\nI don't live anywhere near there.
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I don't have an answer, but I can tell you this:  In NC, they change schools so often, it really doesn't matter.  One year they have regular classes, the next they have year round. And a lot of the time they re-district so your children will go to different schools year after year.  \n\nDown the street at a large school bus stop, I've seen as many as 8 different busses picking up kids - all about the same age.  So if a school is over crowded they split them up and bus them all over.
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The thirteen starts represent the 13 original colonies of the United States.\nAlso, it could represent the 11 confederate states (including Kentucky and Missouri, states which were part of the confederacy though they were north of the mason-dixon line).
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The word has different variations, all of which I think go back to the military.  Hooyah and Hoowah are examples that I'm familiar with.
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i'm not 100% sure, but i'm taking US history and we were talking about that and it comes from a spanish term very similar to the term "yankee" and i'm not entirly sure what it means or how its spelled its pronouced "yawnkee" i believe.  that was the term for the Union and since the South wasn't a part of the Union in the Civil War then i guess thats why the North was referred to as "yankees".\n\nI hope that helps.
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My mom was born there! *wink*\n\nBut seriously, here is a link to some cool stories.\nhttp://www.secstate.state.nc.us/kidspg/legends.htm
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No, because a peninsula is "surrounded" by water. The key here is that even though the western part of New Jersey is bordered by the Delaware River, the width of New Jersey is wider than the river, so you really can't call it being "surrounded by." If this were a peninsula, then wouldn't eastern North America be a peninsula since it has the Mississippi to the west ?\n\n"Peninsula" comes from the Latin "almost island". Florida is a classic example of a peninsula. It's connected to the mainland by only a small strip of land, clearly surrounded on three sides.\n\nHope this helps.
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It's not just Tennessee; unfortunately we in Kentucky have a similar, and similarly unjustified, reputation. I think it was a rumor started by Yankee jealous because Southerners can pronounce "r" sounds in the middle of words. (ex: New York vs. New Yawk).\n\nBTW, I've been to Nashville, and I saw many shoes of all types there. :)
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In Colonial days, North Carolina was a big producer of tar, pitch and turpentine. \n\nDuring one of the fiercest conflicts of the Civil War, North Carolina troops felt they had been let down by a regiment carrying the colors of another state, and thus carried chips on their shoulders when they pulled back from the front after the battle.\n\n"Any more tar down in the Old North State, boys?" members of the other regiments taunted the battle-weary North Carolinians.\n\n"Not a bit. Jeff Davis bought it all up," retorted the Carolinians.\n\n"How's that, what's he going to do with it?"\n\n"He's gonna put it on your heels to make you stick better in the next fight," answered the soldiers from the land of tar, pitch and turpentine.\n\nGerneral Lee, hearing of the incident, remarked: "God Bless the Tar Heel Boys."\n\nThe nickname stuck
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If it's numeric, then obviously the street is just following order. The rest is simply politics. A lot of times streets are named after the original land owner, as a deal to sell the land which provided the street to be built. The majority though is politics, part of town it's in, or simply a city choice.
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New England Colonies:\n\nConnecticut\nMaine\nMassachusetts\nNew Hampshire \n\nMiddle Colonies:\n\nNew York\nPennsylvania\nNew Jersey\nDelaware\n\nSouthern Colonies:\n\nMaryland\nVirginia\nNorth Carolina\nSouth Carolina\nGeorgia\n\nTotal: 13