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I prefer the spelling Carolina to Carolena, but Carolena isn't horrible. Carolina and Karolina just look better to me. The extent to which pronunciation will be an issue if you use the spelling Carolina depends on where you live in the U.S. I live in California, which has a large Hispanic population, and I have met a Carolina of Hispanic descent who pronounced her name kair-a-LEE-na. It's less of an issue here than in a place such as Virginia. I think that no matter where you live, people will eventually catch on though.