North Carolina is a state in the Southeastern region of the United States. North Carolina may also refer to: Places Province of North Carolina, a British colony from 1729 to 1776 Educational institutions University of North Carolina, the public university system of the state of North Carolina, of which the Chapel Hill campus is the oldest University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, often referred to (technically inaccurately) as the "University of North Carolina" Ships CSS North Carolina, an ironclad gunboat built by the Confederate States Navy in 1863 USS North Carolina, the name of five ships of the United States Navy In the Antebellum period, the North Carolina was the lead ship of slave trader Zephaniah Kingsley. Sport North Carolina Tar Heels, the athletic program of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill See also Carolina (disambiguation)