Caroline

Caroline

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:"For the Neil Gaiman novella, see Coraline."

Caroline or Carolyne is a given name for women.

Famous Carolines include:
* Caroline of Ansbach (1683–1737), queen consort of George II of Great Britain.
* Caroline of Brunswick (1768–1821), queen consort of George IV of the United Kingdom.
* Caroline, Princess of Hanover (born 1957), heir presumptive to the throne of Monaco.
* Carolean, a soldier of Charles XII
* Caroline Delas, a French rower
* Caroline Flack, a British television presenter
* Caroline Flint, a British politician
* Caroline Foot, a British butterfly swimmer
* Caroline Graham, an English author and screenwriter
* Caroline Kennedy, only living child of Jacqueline Kennedy and John F. Kennedy
* Caroline Myss, noted self-help, spirituality and mysticism author from America
* Caroline Lufkin, a musician
* Caroline Trentini, a Brazilian fashion model
* Caroline Wensink, a Dutch volleyball player

Fictional Carolines include:
* Caroline Reynolds, fictional Vice President of the United States on the television series "Prison Break"
* Caroline, a fictional character in the novel "The Truth About Forever".

Caroline may also refer to:
In geography:
* Big Caroline Rock, Tasmania
* Caroline Island, an uninhabited coral atoll in the central Pacific, part of the Line Islands archipelago (Kiribati).
* Caroline Islands an archipelago in the western Pacific, northeast of New Guinea.
* The town of Caroline, New York.
* Caroline County, Virginia
* Caroline County, Maryland

In music:
* Radio Caroline, a UK radio station.
* Caroline Records (UK), UK record label
* Caroline Records (U.S.), U.S. record label
* Caroline, a 1990 song by Concrete Blonde, from their album Bloodletting
* Caroline, a 1995 song released as a single by Kirsty MacColl
* Caroline Distribution
* Caroline, a song by Australian roots band John Butler Trio
* Caroline, a song by British rock band Status Quo
* Sweet Caroline, a Neil Diamond song frequently played at select sporting events
* A song and music video by Seventh Day Slumber.Other uses:
* The Caroline Affair, an 1837 border incident between the US and Canada (named after the steamer "Caroline").
* The Caroline Age, the period in English history covering the reign of Charles I of England, (1625-1649)
* HMS "Caroline", the name of eight ships of the Royal Navy.
* USS "Arizona" (1858), briefly named "Caroline".

;See also
*Carolina


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  • Caroline — Car o*line, n. A coin. See {Carline}. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

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  • Caroline — f English and French: from the French form of Latin or Italian Carolina, a feminine derivative of Carolus (see CHARLES (SEE Charles)). Variant: Carolyn. Cognates: German, Danish: Karoline. Scandinavian, Polish, Czech: Karolina. Short forms …   First names dictionary

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  • Caroline — [kar΄əlē′ənkar′ə lin; ] also, and for adj., usually [, kar′līn΄] n. [Ger & Fr < It Carolina, fem. < ML Carolus, CHARLES1] a feminine name: dim. Carol, Carrie; var. Carolyn adj. of Charles I or Charles II of England, or the period in which… …   English World dictionary

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