Physics Schools in North Carolina. North Carolina contains nineteen schools that offer physics programs. Duke University, the highest-ranking physics school in NC, has a total student population of 14,350 and is the 15th highest ranked school in America. Of the 19 physics schools in North Carolina, only 8 have a student population over 10k.
Chaguaramas, Trinidad. Chaguaramas (pronounced, in the local English dialect, shag-gah-rah-muss) lies in the North West Peninsula of Trinidad west of Port of Spain; the name is often applied to the entire peninsula, but is sometimes used to refer to its most developed area.
The word peninsula comes from the Latin poeninsula, poene meaning almost and insula island.