East Carolina

proper noun

A university located in Greenville, North Carolina.

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Meanings

proper noun
  1. A university located in Greenville, North Carolina.

    I wanted to describe the situation at East Carolina, which was rather interesting, in that my parents had worked at this institution for years.

    2013, Sarah Bryan, Beverly Patterson, Michelle Lanier, African American Music Trails of Eastern North Carolina, →ISBN, page 164
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    When I heard about a party from East Carolina having found the lost Batts Island in the 1970s, I sought out and asked East Carolina geologist Vince Bellis about that find.

    2007, Bland Simpson, The Inner Islands: A Carolinian's Sound Country Chronicle, →ISBN

    That Greenville and East Carolina were on the itinerary was in no small part due to the efforts of Dr. Leo W. Jenkins, president of East Carolina. Jenkins, a New Jersey native, wrote Kennedy in January 1960 inviting him to speak on campus.

    2012, John Allen Tucker, John F. Kennedy's North Carolina Campaign, →ISBN, page 63

    In the campaign for a medical school, East Carolina fused eastern North Carolina jingoism, resentment by the east and west of Piedmont dominance, and ant-Chapel Hill sentiment.

    2013, William A. Link, William Friday: Power, Purpose, and American Higher Education, →ISBN
  2. A hypothetical U.S. state that would be east of the Carolinas.

    The Court concludes, however, that Blue Sail Cayman solicited business sufficiently in East Carolina to bring it within East Carolina's jurisdictional statue.

    2015, Deborah B. McGregor, Cynthia M. Adams, The Guide to U.S. Legal Analysis and Communication, →ISBN
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    He mused with them occasionally that he was from East Carolina—the state situated between North and South Carolina, which should not be confused with the state of West Carolina, which bordered the Atlantic on the west side of the ocean.

    2014, Nana Bonsu, Claimed, →ISBN

    The East Carolina legislature has enacted a statute that bars negligence claims for injuries caused during horse riding lessons. West Carolina has no such bar, and riding instructors are liable for actual damages caused by their negligence.

    2016, Michael H. Hoffheimer, Examples & Explanations for Conflict of Laws, →ISBN

Origin

From the analogy with North Carolina and South Carolina.

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APA

East Carolina. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/East%20Carolina

MLA

“East Carolina.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/East%20Carolina. Accessed November 5, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “East Carolina,” accessed November 5, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/East%20Carolina.

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