(astronomy) The brightest star in the constellation Canes Venatici; Alpha (α) Canum Venaticorum (2.90ᵐ).

(countable) A female given name from Latin, Latinate form of Caroline; rare in English. / Either North Carolina or South Carolina. / A town in Alabama. / A municipality in Maranhão, Brazil.

Synonym of Carolean (“relating to the time of Kings Charles I and II of England or Charles III of the United Kingdom, or of the kings themselves”)

A female given name from the Germanic languages.

(US) present participle of carol

A singing of carols.

A state of the United States situated on the east coast of the North American mainland north of South Carolina and south of Virginia. Capital: Raleigh.

Of or pertaining to the dynasty that ruled parts of western Europe from the 7th to the 9th centuries. / A style of script: Carolingian minuscule

Any member of a Frankish noble family with its origins in the Arnulfing and Pippinid clans of the seventh century.

A state of the United States.