Carrboro
//ˈkæɹ.boʊɹ// name
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Definitions
Proper Noun
- 1 A town in Orange County, North Carolina. uncountable
"With a population of just under 20,000 Carrboro is the kind of small southern town where the past and the present seem to have been fused into a single moment until it’s no longer one time or the other."
Example
More examples"With a population of just under 20,000 Carrboro is the kind of small southern town where the past and the present seem to have been fused into a single moment until it’s no longer one time or the other."
Etymology
Named for North Carolina industrialist Julian Carr.
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