Dixie

Meaning

1. (US, informal) The southern United States, especially the former Confederate States; the South.
2. (US, informal) The southwestern corner of Utah.
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22. A neighbourhood of Mississauga, Ontario, Canada.
23. A rural locality in the Shire of Cook, northern Queensland, Australia.

Synonyms

Dixieland

Confederate States of America

Confederacy

Confederate States

South

CSA

Translations

Dixieland

Dixie

États confédérés d’Amérique

Dixie

Dixie

Konföderierte Staaten

Spitzname der US-Südstaaten

Ντίξιλαντ

Sud

ECA

États confédérés

Dixieland

Dixieland

Stati Confederati d’America

Sud

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈdɪksi/

Etymology

First attested in 1859. Unknown, but may come from the Mason-Dixon line, the boundary between the northern states and the southern states, or from the slang term dixie for a Louisiana $10 bill (equivalent to English tenner), in turn from French dix (ten).