Dixie en · PROPN
Pronunciation
- /ˈdɪksi/
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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).
Meanings
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(US, informal) The Southern United States, especially the former Confederate States.
The American Blacks' bias against gays is due to our forced socialization into Dixie Christian culture during slavery.
1986, Max C. Smith, “By the Year 2000”, in Joseph Beam, editor, In The Life: A Black Gay Anthology, page 227:
- (US, informal) The southwestern corner of Utah.
- (US) A female given name transferred from the place name.
- A number of places in the United States: ▸ A populated place in Maricopa County, Arizona.
- A number of places in the United States: ▸ A census-designated place in Brooks County, Georgia.
- A number of places in the United States: ▸ An unincorporated community in Newton County, Georgia.
- A number of places in the United States: ▸ An unincorporated community in Elmore County, Idaho.
- A number of places in the United States: ▸ An unincorporated community in Idaho County, Idaho.
- A number of places in the United States: ▸ An unincorporated community in Harrison County, Indiana.
- A number of places in the United States: ▸ An unincorporated community in Henderson County, Kentucky.
- A number of places in the United States: ▸ An unincorporated community in Whitley County, Kentucky.
- A number of places in the United States: ▸ An unincorporated community in Caddo Parish, Louisiana.
- A number of places in the United States: ▸ An unincorporated community in Callaway County, Missouri.
- A number of places in the United States: ▸ An unincorporated community in Baker County, Oregon.
- A number of places in the United States: ▸ A historical community in Grant County, Oregon.
- A number of places in the United States: ▸ A historical community in Washington County, Oregon.
- A number of places in the United States: ▸ An unincorporated community in Fluvanna County, Virginia.
- A number of places in the United States: ▸ An unincorporated community in Mathews County, Virginia.
- A number of places in the United States: ▸ A census-designated place in Walla Walla County, Washington.
- A number of places in the United States: ▸ An unincorporated community in Harrison County, West Virginia.
- A number of places in the United States: ▸ A census-designated place in Fayette County and Nicholas County, West Virginia.
- A neighbourhood of Mississauga, Ontario, Canada.
- A rural locality in the Shire of Cook, northern Queensland, Australia.
- A locality in the Shire of Corangamite, south western Victoria, Australia.
Deriveds
Dixiecrat · Dixie County · Dixie Alley