Dixie
See also: dixie
English
Etymology
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 that had the French word dix printed on it.[1]
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈdɪksi/
Proper noun
Dixie
- (informal, US) The southern United States; the South.
- (informal, US) The southwestern corner of Utah.
- (US) A female given name transferred from the place name.
Derived terms
References
- Funk, W. J., Word origins and their romantic stories, New York, Wilfred Funk, Inc.
Further reading
- “Dixie” in Michael Quinion, Ballyhoo, Buckaroo, and Spuds: Ingenious Tales of Words and Their Origins, Washington, D.C.: Smithsonian Books in association with Penguin Books, 2004, →ISBN.
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