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    DIXIE

    Pronunciation (US): Play  (GB): Play

     I. (noun) 

    Sense 1

    Meaning:

    A large metal pot (12 gallon camp kettle) for cooking; used in military campsplay

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting man-made objects

    Hypernyms ("dixie" is a kind of...):

    pot (metal or earthenware cooking vessel that is usually round and deep; often has a handle and lid)

    Domain region:

    Britain; Great Britain; U.K.; UK; United Kingdom; United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland (a monarchy in northwestern Europe occupying most of the British Isles; divided into England and Scotland and Wales and Northern Ireland; 'Great Britain' is often used loosely to refer to the United Kingdom)

    Sense 2

    Meaning:

    The southern states that seceded from the United States in 1861play

    Synonyms:

    Confederacy; Confederate States; Confederate States of America; Dixie; Dixieland; South

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting spatial position

    Instance hypernyms:

    geographic area; geographic region; geographical area; geographical region (a demarcated area of the Earth)

    Meronyms (parts of "Dixie"):

    slave state (any of the southern states in which slavery was legal prior to the American Civil War)

    Meronyms (members of "Dixie"):

    Old Dominion; Old Dominion State; VA; Va.; Virginia (a state in the eastern United States; one of the original 13 colonies; one of the Confederate States in the American Civil War)

    Lone-Star State; Tex.; Texas; TX (the second largest state; located in southwestern United States on the Gulf of Mexico)

    Tenn.; Tennessee; TN; Volunteer State (a state in east central United States)

    Palmetto State; S.C.; SC; South Carolina (a state in the Deep South; one of the original 13 colonies)

    N.C.; NC; North Carolina; Old North State; Tar Heel State (a state in southeastern United States; one of the original 13 colonies)

    Missouri; MO; Mo.; Show Me State (a midwestern state in central United States; a border state during the American Civil War, Missouri was admitted to the Confederacy without actually seceding from the Union)

    Magnolia State; Miss.; Mississippi; MS (a state in the Deep South on the gulf of Mexico; one of the Confederate States during the American Civil War)

    LA; La.; Louisiana; Pelican State (a state in southern United States on the Gulf of Mexico; one of the Confederate states during the American Civil War)

    Empire State of the South; GA; Ga.; Georgia; Peach State (a state in southeastern United States; one of the Confederate states during the American Civil War)

    Everglade State; FL; Fla.; Florida; Sunshine State (a state in southeastern United States between the Atlantic and the Gulf of Mexico; one of the Confederate states during the American Civil War. In Spanish, Florida means Flowery)

    AR; Ark.; Arkansas; Land of Opportunity (a state in south central United States; one of the Confederate states during the American Civil War)

    AL; Ala.; Alabama; Camellia State; Heart of Dixie (a state in the southeastern United States on the Gulf of Mexico; one of the Confederate states during the American Civil War)

    Attribute:

    south (situated in or facing or moving toward or coming from the south)

    southern (in or characteristic of a region of the United States south of (approximately) the Mason-Dixon line)

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