Dixie

Meanings

1. The Southern United States, especially the former Confederate States.
2. The southwestern corner of Utah.
3. A female given name transferred from the place name.
4. A number of places in the United States:
5. A populated place in Maricopa County, Arizona.
6. A census-designated place in Brooks County, Georgia.
7. An unincorporated community in Newton County, Georgia.
8. An unincorporated community in Elmore County, Idaho.
9. An unincorporated community in Idaho County, Idaho.
10. An unincorporated community in Harrison County, Indiana.
11. An unincorporated community in Henderson County, Kentucky.
12. An unincorporated community in Whitley County, Kentucky.

1. A large iron pot, used in the army.

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).