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proper noun

Dixie n.

A colloquial name for the Southern portion of the United States, esp. during the Civil War. (U.S.)

Synonyms: Dixieland, Dixie Land, the Confederacy, Confederate States of America, the South.

Synonyms: .

A song popular in the Confederate states during the American Civil War, and still played as a nostalgic anthem by those patriotic to the American south. It was written by Daniel D. Emmett in 1859.

whistle Dixie to talk unrealistically; to engage in unrealistic or overoptimistic fantasies; as, that ain't just whistlin' Dixie.

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Etymology of 'Dixie'

Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Dixie" Quotes from Famous Books

... pronounced success. Miss Stella Starr made one of her horses dance a graceful round to the tune of "Dixie," and ...

— Andy the Acrobat • Peter T. Harkness

Words linked to "Dixie" : North Carolina, al, Everglade State, Dixie cup, TN, Alabama, geographic area, Louisiana, Empire State of the South, Sunshine State, Texas, Virginia, Old North State, southern, Land of Opportunity, Peach State, Pelican State, Camellia State, Magnolia State, south, Volunteer State, Heart of Dixie, Show Me State, ar, pot, la, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, ga, VA, Old Dominion, Confederate States, Georgia, Florida