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tar heel state
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Noun tar heel state has 1 sense
- tar heel state(n = noun.location) nc, north carolina, old north state - a state in southeastern United States; one of the original 13 colonies; Array has parts: great smoky mountains national park, cape fear, cape hatteras, hatteras island, capital of north carolina, raleigh, asheville, chapel hill, charlotte, queen city, durham, fayetteville, goldsboro, greensboro, greenville, wilmington, winston-salem, blue ridge, blue ridge mountains, cape fear river, pee dee, pee dee river
is a kind of american state
is a part of america, the states, u.s., u.s.a., united states, united states of america, us, usa, south, carolina, carolinas
is a member of confederacy, confederate states, confederate states of america, dixie, dixieland, south
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