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The Southern United States, especially the former Confederate States.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: US, informal
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Synonyms: Dixieland, Southland, South
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The southwestern corner of Utah.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: US, informal
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A female given name transferred from the place name.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: US
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A number of places in the United States:
A populated place in Maricopa County, Arizona.
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name
A number of places in the United States:
A census-designated place in Brooks County, Georgia.
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A number of places in the United States:
An unincorporated community in Newton County, Georgia.
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name
A number of places in the United States:
An unincorporated community in Elmore County, Idaho.
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A number of places in the United States:
An unincorporated community in Idaho County, Idaho.
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name
A number of places in the United States:
An unincorporated community in Harrison County, Indiana.
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name
A number of places in the United States:
An unincorporated community in Henderson County, Kentucky.
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name
A number of places in the United States:
An unincorporated community in Whitley County, Kentucky.
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name
A number of places in the United States:
An unincorporated community in Caddo Parish, Louisiana.
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name
A number of places in the United States:
An unincorporated community in Callaway County, Missouri.
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name
A number of places in the United States:
An unincorporated community in Baker County, Oregon.
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A number of places in the United States:
A historical community in Grant County, Oregon.
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name
A number of places in the United States:
A historical community in Washington County, Oregon.
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name
A number of places in the United States:
An unincorporated community in Fluvanna County, Virginia.
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name
A number of places in the United States:
An unincorporated community in Mathews County, Virginia.
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name
A number of places in the United States:
A census-designated place in Walla Walla County, Washington.
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name
A number of places in the United States:
An unincorporated community in Harrison County, West Virginia.
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name
A number of places in the United States:
A census-designated place in Fayette County and Nicholas County, West Virginia.
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A neighbourhood of Mississauga, Ontario, Canada.
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A rural locality in the Shire of Cook, northern Queensland, Australia.
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A locality in the Shire of Corangamite, south western Victoria, Australia.
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noun
A large iron pot, used in the army.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: government, military, politics, war
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noun
a large metal pot (12 gallon camp kettle) for cooking; used in military camps
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: pot
noun
the southern states that seceded from the United States in 1861
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: Confederacy, Confederate States, Confederate States of America, South, Dixieland
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Broader terms: geographical area, geographic area, geographical region, geographic region
History
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).
From Hindi देगची (degcī, “a kettle, a metallic cooking pot”), from Classical Persian دیگچه (degča, “a pot, small cauldron”), from دیگ (deg, “pot”) + ـچه (-ča).
Across languages
7 source translations are retained for this English entry.
