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caroline

Syllables: car·o·line/ˈkæ.ɹəˌlaɪn/US/ˈkɛɹ.əˌlaɪn/

caroline noun: an old silver coin of Italy.

Noun (1)

caroline (plural carolines)

  1. (historical) An old silver coin of Italy.
    • […] the publication of the book is permitted, and a tax of four carolines on each volume must be paid by the publisher. This sum is exorbitant, when we consider the cheapness of Italian books.1826, The Edinburgh Medical and Surgical Journal, volume 25, page 451

Adjective capitalized: Caroline

Caroline (not comparable)

  1. 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”).
    • For that poem, though in certain ‘strange and high’ qualities it is the inferior of the best jets of the Caroline genius, is one of the most faultless and perfect things in this or indeed in any period of English poetry, and may be said to impart the Caroline essence in a form that can be (in the...1921, George Saintsbury, “Introduction to Henry King”, in Minor Poets of the Caroline Period, volume III
    Synonyms:
    Carolean

Noun (2) capitalized: Caroline

Caroline (plural Carolines)

  1. Synonym of Carolean.
    • The shooting star, which dissolved on reaching earth into dew or ‘jelly’, is very common with Carolines.1921, George Saintsbury, “A Lady Weeping”, in Minor Poets of the Caroline Period, volume III
    Synonyms:
    Carolean

Proper noun capitalized: Caroline

Caroline (countable and uncountable, plural Carolines)

  1. A female given name from the Germanic languages.
    • - - - gentle Sophias milk your cows, and if you ask a pretty smiling girl at a cottage door to tell you her name, the rosy lips lisp out Caroline. A great number of children, amongst the lower classes, are Carolines. That does not, however, wholly proceed from the love of the appellation; though I...1830, Mary Russell Mitford, Our Village: Fourth Series: Cottage Names
    • I used to love saying her name. Caroline, with the "i" always long, because to make it short left it sounding like crinoline, a sweat-stained, mothballed Sunday hat pulled from an attic trunk. But Caroline with the "i" long created a sound roughly equivalent to the idea of a girl. The echo of a...1999, Andrew Pyper, chapter 44, in Lost Girls
  2. A town in Tompkins County, New York.
  3. An unincorporated community in Venice Township, Seneca County, Ohio.
  4. A census-designated place in the town of Grant, Shawano County, Wisconsin.
  5. A hamlet in Clearwater County, Alberta, Canada.
  6. A locality in South Australia; see District Council of Grant.
  7. A rural locality north of Dipton, Southland, New Zealand.

caroline meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu

caroline in Hindi

कैरोलिन, कैरोलीन

caroline in Tamil

கேரோலின், கரோலின்

caroline in Marathi

कॅरोलीन

caroline in Urdu

کیرولائن, کیرولین
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caroline in Bengali
ক্যারোলিন
caroline in Telugu
కారోలిన్, కరోలిన్, క్యారోలిన్
caroline in Malayalam
കാരോലിൻ, കരോലിൻ
caroline in Punjabi
ਕੈਰੋਲੀਨ, ਕੈਰੋਲਿਨ, ਕੈਰੋਲਾਈਨ
caroline in Gujarati
કેરોલિન, કેરોલીન, કારોલિન
caroline in Odia
କାରୋଲିନ୍, କ୍ଯ଼ାରୋଲିନ, କ୍ଯ଼ାରୋଲିନ୍

Synonyms of caroline

Forms of caroline

Noun
pluralcarolines
alternative formcarline
pluralCarolines
Proper noun
pluralCarolines

Plural of caroline: carolines

Origin of caroline

Learned borrowing from Latin carolīnus.

Borrowed in the 17th century from French Caroline, from Italian Carolina or its etymon Latin Carolīna, from Latin Carolus (“Charles”), from Middle High German Karl, + -īna (feminine diminutive suffix). By surface analysis, Carol (male given name) + -ine (feminine diminutive suffix). Doublet of Carolina.

Words formed from caroline

Phrases with caroline

Questions about caroline

What does caroline mean?
Caroline means an old silver coin of Italy.
What is caroline in Hindi?
Caroline in Hindi is कैरोलिन, कैरोलीन. See Caroline meaning in Hindi.
What part of speech is caroline?
Caroline can be a noun, an adjective or a proper noun.
How do you pronounce caroline?
Caroline is pronounced /ˈkæ.ɹəˌlaɪn/ (UK).
What is the plural of caroline?
The plural of caroline is carolines.

Words near caroline in the dictionary

  1. Carolina tiger beetle
  2. Carolina tiger beetles
  3. Carolina wren
  4. Carolina wrens
  5. Carolinas
  6. caroline
  7. Caroline County
  8. Caroline Islands
  9. Caroline minuscule
  10. Caroline minuscules
  11. Caroline Springs

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Adapted from Wiktionary: caroline (page history and authors); Caroline (page history and authors); caroline (Hindi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); caroline (Tamil, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); caroline (Marathi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); caroline (Urdu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); caroline (Bengali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); caroline (Telugu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); caroline (Malayalam, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); caroline (Punjabi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); caroline (Gujarati, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); caroline (Odia, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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