Dixie

//ˈdɪksi// name, noun, slang

Definitions

Proper Noun
  1. 1
    The southern United States, especially the former Confederate States; the South. US, informal
  2. 2
    The southwestern corner of Utah. US, informal
  3. 3
    A female given name transferred from the place name. US
  4. 4
    A number of places in the United States:; A populated place in Maricopa County, Arizona.
  5. 5
    A number of places in the United States:; A census-designated place in Brooks County, Georgia.
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  1. 6
    A number of places in the United States:; An unincorporated community in Newton County, Georgia.
  2. 7
    A number of places in the United States:; An unincorporated community in Elmore County, Idaho.
  3. 8
    A number of places in the United States:; An unincorporated community in Idaho County, Idaho.
  4. 9
    A number of places in the United States:; An unincorporated community in Harrison County, Indiana.
  5. 10
    A number of places in the United States:; An unincorporated community in Henderson County, Kentucky.
  6. 11
    A number of places in the United States:; An unincorporated community in Whitley County, Kentucky.
  7. 12
    A number of places in the United States:; An unincorporated community in Caddo Parish, Louisiana.
  8. 13
    A number of places in the United States:; An unincorporated community in Callaway County, Missouri.
  9. 14
    A number of places in the United States:; An unincorporated community in Baker County, Oregon.
  10. 15
    A number of places in the United States:; A historical community in Grant County, Oregon.
  11. 16
    A number of places in the United States:; A historical community in Washington County, Oregon.
  12. 17
    A number of places in the United States:; An unincorporated community in Fluvanna County, Virginia.
  13. 18
    A number of places in the United States:; An unincorporated community in Mathews County, Virginia.
  14. 19
    A number of places in the United States:; A census-designated place in Walla Walla County, Washington.
  15. 20
    A number of places in the United States:; An unincorporated community in Harrison County, West Virginia.
  16. 21
    A number of places in the United States:; A census-designated place in Fayette County and Nicholas County, West Virginia.
  17. 22
    A neighbourhood of Mississauga, Ontario, Canada.
  18. 23
    A rural locality in the Shire of Cook, northern Queensland, Australia.
  19. 24
    A locality in the Shire of Corangamite, south western Victoria, Australia.
Noun
  1. 1
    A large iron pot, used in the army.

    "four men generally like to mess together, and one cooking pot among them takes the place of a mess-tin or "dixie""

  2. 2
    a large metal pot (12 gallon camp kettle) for cooking; used in military camps wordnet

Etymology

Etymology 1

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).

Etymology 2

From Hindi देगची (degcī, “a kettle, a metallic cooking pot”), from Classical Persian دیگچه (degča, “a pot, small cauldron”), from دیگ (deg, “pot”) + ـچه (-ča).

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