NC

abbr. North Carolina (also in official postal use).

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noun

a state in southeastern United States; one of the original 13 colonies

• Syn: ↑North Carolina, ↑Old North State, ↑Tar Heel State

• Instance Hypernyms: ↑American state

• Member Holonyms: ↑Confederacy, ↑Confederate States, ↑Confederate States of America, ↑South, ↑Dixie, ↑Dixieland

• Part Holonyms:

↑United States, ↑United States of America, ↑America, ↑the States, ↑US, ↑U.S., ↑USA, ↑U.S.A., ↑South, ↑Carolina, ↑Carolinas

• Part Meronyms:

↑Great Smoky Mountains National Park, ↑Cape Fear, ↑Cape Hatteras, ↑Hatteras Island, ↑Raleigh, ↑capital of North Carolina, ↑Asheville, ↑Chapel Hill, ↑Charlotte, ↑Queen City, ↑Durham, ↑Fayetteville, ↑Goldsboro, ↑Greensboro, ↑Greenville, ↑Wilmington, ↑Winston-Salem, ↑Blue Ridge Mountains, ↑Blue Ridge, ↑Cape Fear River, ↑Pee Dee, ↑Pee Dee River

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abbreviation

1. new charter

2. new crop

3. nitrocellulose

4. no change

5. no charge

6. no connection

7. noncollectible

8. nurse corps

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1. network computer.

2. no charge.

3. North Carolina (approved esp. for use with zip code).

4. numerical control.

5. Mil. Nurse Corps.

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abbrev

1. National Curriculum

2. Network computer

3. North Carolina (US state)

4. Numerical control

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n.c.,

nitrocellulose.

NC (no periods),

an abbreviation for the following:

1. Navy Cross.

2. no comment.

3. North Carolina (with postal Zip Code).

4. numerical control.

5. Nurse Corps.

N.C.,

North Carolina.

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abbr.

■ network computer, a personal computer with reduced functionality intended to be used to access services on a network

■ North Carolina (in official postal use)

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abbr

North Carolina