(~州) North Carolina

Raleigh (the capital city of North Carolina) / Raleigh (a town in Mississippi)

capital, capital city

first-level administrative division of some countries, such as: (1) state of the United States, Australia, India, Nigeria and Germany; (2) province of Canada; (3) canton of Switzerland; etc.

capital city area; capital region

the National Capital Region; the Greater Tokyo Area (An area consisting of the Kantō region and Yamanashi Prefecture in Japan)

continent / used in place names

state; province

Yangzhou (a prefecture-level city in Jiangsu, in eastern China)

Yanzhou City (Shandong Province)