Dixie
from
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Dixie \Dix"ie\ (d[i^]ks"[y^]), prop. n.
1. A colloquial name for the Southern portion of the United
States, esp. during the Civil War. [U.S.]
Syn: Dixieland, Dixie Land, the Confederacy, Confederate
States of America, the South.
Syn: . [1913 Webster]
2. a song popular in the Confederate states during the
American Civil War, and still played as a nostalgic anthem
by those patriotic to the American south. It was written
by Daniel D. Emmett in 1859.
[PJC]
{whistle Dixie} to talk unrealistically; to engage in
unrealistic or overoptimistic fantasies; as, that ain't
just whistlin' Dixie.
[PJC]
from
U.S. Gazetteer (1990)
Dixie, GA
Zip code(s): 31629
Dixie, ID
Zip code(s): 83525
Dixie, KY
Zip code(s): 41017
Dixie, LA
Zip code(s): 71107
Dixie, WV
Zip code(s): 25059
from
U.S. Gazetteer Places (2000)
Dixie, WA -- U.S. Census Designated Place in Washington
Population (2000): 220
Housing Units (2000): 87
Land area (2000): 0.513788 sq. miles (1.330706 sq. km)
Water area (2000): 0.000000 sq. miles (0.000000 sq. km)
Total area (2000): 0.513788 sq. miles (1.330706 sq. km)
FIPS code: 18055
Located within: Washington (WA), FIPS 53
Location: 46.140782 N, 118.153897 W
ZIP Codes (1990):
Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.
Headwords:
Dixie, WA
Dixie
from
U.S. Gazetteer Counties (2000)
Dixie -- U.S. County in Florida
Population (2000): 13827
Housing Units (2000): 7362
Land area (2000): 704.014931 sq. miles (1823.390223 sq. km)
Water area (2000): 159.646349 sq. miles (413.482127 sq. km)
Total area (2000): 863.661280 sq. miles (2236.872350 sq. km)
Located within: Florida (FL), FIPS 12
Location: 29.607261 N, 83.119978 W
Headwords:
Dixie
Dixie, FL
Dixie County
Dixie County, FL
from
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
24 Moby Thesaurus words for "Dixie":
Dixieland, Down East, East, East Coast, Middle Atlantic,
Middle West, New England, North, North Central region, Northeast,
Northwest, Pacific Northwest, South, Southeast, Southwest, Sunbelt,
West, West Coast, Yankeeland, eastland, northland, the Coast,
westland, wild West
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