Dixie

Meaning

Proper Noun

• The southern United States, especially the former Confederate States; the South.
• The southwestern corner of Utah.
• A female given name from place names.

Related

Similar words

• Dixieland
• South

Origin

• 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 that had the French word dix printed on it.