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Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
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Synonym of Southern United States.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: US, informal
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Synonyms: Dixie, Southland, South, Southern United States
Antonyms: none provided
name
The southwestern corner of Utah; Dixie.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: US, informal
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
A type of jazz that originated in New Orleans.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: uncountable
Topics: entertainment, lifestyle, music
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Synonyms: hot jazz
Antonyms: none provided
noun
the southern states that seceded from the United States in 1861
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Synonyms: Confederacy, Confederate States, Confederate States of America, South, Dixie
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: geographical area, geographic area, geographical region, geographic region
History
Etymology tree English Dixie Proto-Indo-European *lendh- Proto-Indo-European *-om Proto-Germanic *landą Proto-West Germanic *land Old English land Middle English lond English land English -land English Dixieland From Dixie + -land.
