Meanings
proper noun
- A town, the county seat of Edgecombe County, North Carolina, United States.
Origin
Named (in North Carolina) after the Tar River + -boro.
Full word history & related roots →Cite this entry
APA
Tarboro. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Tarboro
MLA
“Tarboro.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Tarboro. Accessed November 3, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Tarboro,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Tarboro.
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