North Carolina

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U.S. state

North Carolina is a southeastern U.S. state known for its diverse geography from Atlantic beaches to the Appalachian Mountains, major cities like Charlotte and Raleigh, and a strong presence in finance, research, and higher education.

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All labels observed (12)

Label Occurrences
North Carolina canonical 3,091
State of North Carolina 166
North Carolina, United States 34

Statements (85)

Predicate Object
instanceOf U.S. state ⓘ
admittedToUnionOn 1789-11-21 ⓘ
borders Atlantic Ocean ⓘ
Georgia ⓘ
South Carolina ⓘ
Tennessee ⓘ
Virginia ⓘ
capital Raleigh ⓘ
colonialPower Kingdom of Great Britain ⓘ
containsCity Asheville, North Carolina ⓘ
surface form: Asheville

Cary ⓘ
Chapel Hill, North Carolina ⓘ
surface form: Chapel Hill

Charlotte, North Carolina ⓘ
surface form: Charlotte

Durham, North Carolina ⓘ
surface form: Durham

Fayetteville, North Carolina ⓘ
surface form: Fayetteville

Greensboro, North Carolina ⓘ
surface form: Greensboro

Raleigh ⓘ
Wilmington ⓘ
Winston-Salem, North Carolina ⓘ
surface form: Winston-Salem
containsIslandGroup Outer Banks ⓘ
containsMetropolitanArea Charlotte metropolitan area ⓘ
Raleigh–Durham area ⓘ
surface form: Raleigh–Durham–Chapel Hill metropolitan area
containsMilitaryBase Fort Liberty, North Carolina ⓘ
surface form: Fort Liberty

Marine Corps Air Station Cherry Point ⓘ
Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune ⓘ
containsNationalPark Great Smoky Mountains National Park ⓘ
containsNationalSeashore Cape Hatteras National Seashore ⓘ
Cape Lookout National Seashore ⓘ
containsRegion Research Triangle ⓘ
country United States of America ⓘ
demonym North Carolinian ⓘ
hasHistoricSite Wright Brothers National Memorial ⓘ
hasMajorCrop hogs ⓘ
poultry ⓘ
sweet potatoes ⓘ
tobacco ⓘ
hasMajorIndustry agriculture ⓘ
banking ⓘ
biotechnology ⓘ
finance ⓘ
furniture manufacturing ⓘ
information technology ⓘ
pharmaceuticals ⓘ
textiles ⓘ
tobacco ⓘ
hasNASCARTrack Charlotte Motor Speedway ⓘ
hasProfessionalSportsTeam Carolina Hurricanes ⓘ
Carolina Panthers ⓘ
Charlotte Hornets ⓘ
hasRegion Appalachian Mountains ⓘ
Atlantic coastal plain ⓘ
surface form: Atlantic Coastal Plain

Piedmont (United States) ⓘ
surface form: Piedmont
hasUniversity Duke University ⓘ
North Carolina A&T State University ⓘ
North Carolina State University ⓘ
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill ⓘ
University of North Carolina at Charlotte ⓘ
Wake Forest University ⓘ
highestElevationMeters 2037 ⓘ
highestPoint Mount Mitchell ⓘ
ISOCode North Carolina self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: US-NC
joinedConfederateStatesOfAmerica 1861 ⓘ
largestCity Charlotte, North Carolina ⓘ
surface form: Charlotte
legislature North Carolina General Assembly ⓘ
locatedIn Southern United States ⓘ
surface form: Southeastern United States
lowerHouse North Carolina House of Representatives ⓘ
motto Esse quam videri ⓘ
nickname Old North State ⓘ
North Carolina self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Tar Heel State
orderOfAdmission 12 ⓘ
postalAbbreviation North Carolina self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: NC
stateBeverage Milk ⓘ
stateBird Northern cardinal ⓘ
stateDance Clogging ⓘ
Shag ⓘ
stateFish Channel bass ⓘ
stateFlower Flowering dogwood ⓘ
stateInsect European honey bee ⓘ
stateMammal Eastern gray squirrel ⓘ
stateReptile Eastern box turtle ⓘ
stateSong Old North State ⓘ
surface form: The Old North State
stateTree Pine ⓘ
timeZone Eastern Time Zone ⓘ
upperHouse North Carolina Senate ⓘ
wasOneOfOriginalThirteenColonies true ⓘ

Referenced by (3,337)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Eastern Time Zone → usedByUSStatePortion → North Carolina ⓘ
U.S. Route 1 → passesThrough → North Carolina ⓘ
Northern mockingbird → stateBirdOf → North Carolina ⓘ
Special Forces Branch → state → North Carolina ⓘ
Durham County, North Carolina → state → North Carolina ⓘ
Research Triangle → locatedIn → North Carolina ⓘ
Research Triangle → state → North Carolina ⓘ
Piedmont region of North Carolina → locatedIn → North Carolina ⓘ
City of Medicine → state → North Carolina ⓘ
Durham Bulls → state → North Carolina ⓘ
contiguous United States → includesAdministrativeTerritory → North Carolina ⓘ
Appalachian Mountains → locatedIn → North Carolina ⓘ
subject surface form: Mount Mitchell
Appalachian Mountains → passesThrough → North Carolina ⓘ
Province of North Carolina → successor → North Carolina ⓘ
this entity surface form: State of North Carolina
Province of North Carolina → modernTerritory → North Carolina ⓘ
Sun Belt → includes → North Carolina ⓘ
Southern Republicans → keyState → North Carolina ⓘ
Southern United States → includesState → North Carolina ⓘ
North Carolina Central University → state → North Carolina ⓘ
American Tobacco Historic District → locatedIn → North Carolina ⓘ
Duke Regional Hospital → locatedInAdministrativeTerritory → North Carolina ⓘ
Duke Regional Hospital → regulatoryJurisdiction → North Carolina ⓘ
this entity surface form: State of North Carolina
Eno River State Park → state → North Carolina ⓘ
Duke Forest → locatedIn → North Carolina ⓘ
Duke Forest → state → North Carolina ⓘ
American South (colonial and early national periods) → includesTerritory → North Carolina ⓘ
U.S. state of Georgia → borderedBy → North Carolina ⓘ
subject surface form: Georgia
North Carolina leaders → locatedIn → North Carolina ⓘ
Virginia → bordersState → North Carolina ⓘ
Raleigh–Durham International Airport → locatedIn → North Carolina ⓘ
Raleigh–Durham International Airport → state → North Carolina ⓘ
Raleigh–Durham International Airport → isMajorAirportFor → North Carolina ⓘ
Duke University Health System → regionServed → North Carolina ⓘ
U.S. Route 29 in Virginia → entersFrom → North Carolina ⓘ
U.S. 82nd Airborne Division → locatedIn → North Carolina ⓘ
American South (mid-20th century civil rights era) → includesState → North Carolina ⓘ
Tennessee (eastern portion) → borders → North Carolina ⓘ
Duke University → state → North Carolina ⓘ
Museum of Life and Science → locatedIn → North Carolina ⓘ
National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences → locatedInTheAdministrativeTerritorialEntity → North Carolina ⓘ
R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Company → locatedIn → North Carolina ⓘ
Durham Bulls Athletic Park → state → North Carolina ⓘ
Fort Liberty, North Carolina → locatedIn → North Carolina ⓘ
subject surface form: Fort Liberty
East Coast of the United States → includesState → North Carolina ⓘ
Raleigh–Durham area → locatedIn → North Carolina ⓘ
Orange County, North Carolina → locatedIn → North Carolina ⓘ
Durham County Board of Commissioners → state → North Carolina ⓘ
Apex → state → North Carolina ⓘ
subject surface form: Apex, North Carolina
Bulls → homeState → North Carolina ⓘ
subject surface form: Durham Bulls
film "Bull Durham" → setIn → North Carolina ⓘ
subject surface form: Bull Durham