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Definition: Dixie |
DixieNoun1. The 11 southern states that seceded from the United States in 1861. 2. (British) a large metal pot (12 gallon camp kettle) for cooking; used in military camps. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
"Dixie" is a name that signifies or is derived from: "ten". |
Date "Dixie" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1791. (references) |
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Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Dixie, Washington."
Synonyms: DixieSynonyms: Confederacy (n), Confederate States of America (n), Dixieland (n), South (n). (additional references) |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Pleasure | Honeymoon; palmy days, halcyon days; golden age, golden time; Dixie, Dixie's land; Saturnia regna, Arcadia, Shangri-La, happy valley, Agapemone. |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
Crosswords: Dixie |
| English words defined with "Dixie": syncopator. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "Dixie": Dixie Land ♦ Island of the Seven Cities. (references) |
| Non-English Usage: "Dixie" is also a word in the following languages with English translations in parentheses. Hungarian (Dixie), Swedish (Dixie, Dixieland). |
| Domain | Usage | |
Screenplays | Well, over a year ago. Maybe you heard about what happened with Dixie Wells (From Here to Eternity; writing credit: Ernest Tidyman) You ain't just whistlin' Dixie. (Clue; writing credit: Jonathan Lynn.) I'm Dixie Smithley from Channel 1 News and I wanted to congratulate you kids on your award (Home Movies; writing credit: Tony Cacioppo; Drew Cummings) | |
Lyrics | The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down, and the people were singin' (The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down; performing artist: Joan Baez) I'm in the heart of Dixie, Dixie's in the heart of me ("My Home's in Alabama"; performing artist: Alabama) A band is blowing Dixie double four time (Sultans Of Swing; performing artist: Dire Straits) | |
Movie/TV Titles | I Wish I Were in Dixie (1969) Thunder In Dixie (1964) The Dixie Fryer (1960) Pixie & Dixie (1958) Dixie Jamboree (1944) | |
Song Titles | The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down (performing artist: Joan Baez) | |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | ||
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 | Alongside USS Dixie (AD-14), at Hawthorne Sound, New Georgia, in May 1944. Another Destroyer Escort is inboard of Harmon. Credit: NAVY. |  | Discuss minesweeping operations while on board USS Dixie (AD-14), in Korean Waters. The original photo is dated 22 November 1950. LtJG Short commanded USS Merganser (AMS-26) during initial Korean War service, beginning with her deployment from Guam in mid-September 1950. Credit: NAVY. |
 | Volunteering down Dixie. Credit: Library of Congress. |  | Yankee volunteers marching into Dixie / J.H. Bufford's lith., Boston. Credit: Library of Congress. |
 | Joe's, an establishment at 18th and North Dixie Highway (U.S. 1), West Palm Beach, Fla., with "no drink or cocktail over 25 cents". Credit: Library of Congress. |  | Memphis, Tenn. Mar. 1939. Families at Dixie home, a US public works administration project covering 42 acres of former slum area / p. Credit: Library of Congress; photo by Sekaer.. |
 | A humble but happy negro home, down south in Dixie Land, North Carolina. Credit: Library of Congress. |  | United Nations Relief and Rehabilitation Administration training center, University of Maryland. College Park, Maryland. Miss. Dixie Bacot, a member of the clerical staff, sorting the mail for the students in the lobby of the administration building. Credit: Library of Congress. |
 | Stencil on Dixie cotton chopper, Delhi, Louisiana. Credit: Library of Congress. |  | Down in Dixie written by Scott Marble. Credit: Library of Congress. |
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| Author | Quotation |
The Atlanta | Covers Dixie Like the Dew. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | |
| "Dixie" is generally used as a noun (proper) -- approximately 95.28% of the time. "Dixie" is used about 106 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (proper) | 95.28% | 101 | 32,488 |
| Noun (singular) | 4.72% | 5 | 157,705 |
| Total | 100.00% | 106 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| The following table summarizes the usage of "Dixie" based on a population census conducted in the United States. Ranks and frequencies are based on all names reported and classified. |
| Name | Usage/Gender | Usage per 100 million Persons | Rank in USA |
| Dixie | First name Female | 28,000 | 481 |
| Dixie | Last name | 200 | 38,181 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits. | |||
| Country | Name | Country | Name |
| Brazil | Dixie Toga S.A. | USA | Dixie Group Incorporated |
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Source: compiled by the editor from Icon Group International, Inc.
1. Dixie, GA 2. Dixie, ID 3. Dixie, KY 4. Dixie, LA 5. Dixie, WV |
Expressions using "Dixie": Dixie County ♦ Dixie cup ♦ Dixie Inn ♦ dixie land ♦ heart of Dixie ♦ whistle Dixie. Additional references. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day | Expression | Frequency per Day |
dixie chick | 9,336 | dixie chick naked | 106 |
winn dixie | 1,550 | dixie dynamite | 88 |
dixie stampede | 1,140 | dixie college | 88 |
dixie | 743 | dixie trailer trash | 87 |
dixie chick lyrics | 494 | chicks.com dixie | 76 |
dixie bubble | 309 | chick dixie entertainment weekly | 76 |
dixie youth baseball | 272 | dixie youth | 75 |
dixie chopper | 259 | dixie narco | 70 |
dixie outfitters | 249 | dixie net.com | 68 |
dixie gun works | 205 | chick dixie landslide lyrics | 67 |
hayseed dixie | 190 | dixie speedway | 65 |
dixie chick nude | 189 | dixie chick photo | 64 |
the dixie cup | 163 | beach dixie myrtle stampede | 62 |
chick dixie keith toby | 157 | dixie chick tour | 59 |
winn dixie.com | 148 | dixie gun work | 59 |
dixie chick picture | 147 | because of winn dixie | 59 |
dixie chick concert | 142 | baseball dixie | 58 |
dixie chics | 136 | dixie chick landslide | 56 |
dixie chick ticket | 130 | dixie chick home | 56 |
dixie state college | 108 | dixie net | 54 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |||
| Language | Translations for "Dixie"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Albanian | Shtetet Jugore Të Shba, Kazan Ushtrie, Kazan Gjelle. (various references) | |
Bulgarian | Походен "отварски Съд, Южните Щати. (various references) | |
Czech | Jméno Nìkolika Písní. (various references) | |
German | Back (forecastle). (various references) | |
Hungarian | Dzsesszstílus, Dixieland, Dixie. (various references) | |
Italian | Marmitta (pot, silencer, stock-pot). (various references) | |
Japanese Kanji | デオキシリボ 酸 (10^-1, carving, crepe de Chine, cutting up, decadence, decadent, decadentism, decanter, deci-, decibel, decimal, decimal point, decision, decision making, decision room, declamation, decode, decoder, decoding, decompiler, decorated cake, decoration, decoy, decrement, decrescendo, degree, deodorant, deoxyribo, deoxyribo nucleic acid, desert, design, design policy, design promoter, designer, designer brand, design-in, desire, dessert, dessert wine, digital, digital analog, digital art, digital audio tape recorder, digital computer, digital speedometer, digital television, Dixieland, Dixieland jazz, fancy cake, low status, low-cut, transfer). (various references) | |
Japanese Katakana | デキシー . (various references) | |
Manx | coirrey campey. (various references) | |
Pig Latin | ixieday.(various references) | |
Portuguese | estados sulinos (amer.), caldeirão (boiler, caldron, cauldron, kettle). (various references) | |
Romanian | Gamelã (canteen). (various references) | |
Russian | Походный Котелок, Кухонный Котел. (various references) | |
Serbo-Croatian | južne države u americi (dixy). (various references) | |
Spanish | Marmita (dixy, pan, pot, saucepan, Stewpot). (various references) | |
Swedish | Dixie (Dixieland), Sydstaterna (Dixieland), Kokkärl (dixy). (various references) | |
Turkish | Karavana (dixy, mess tin, Miss), Asker Kabı (dixy), Amerika'nın Güney Eyaletleri (Dixieland), Ýç Savaşta Güney Eyaletleri Marşı (Dixieland). (various references) | |
Ukrainian | Похідний Казанок, Кухонний Казан. (various references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references. | ||
Misspellings | |
"Dixie" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: Dexies, Dgiii, Dgxi, Dgxii, Dicksee, Dinxie, Disip, Dixi, dixit, Dixneuf, Doxsie, Dxgiii, Dydime. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "d-e-i-i-x" | |
-2 letters: dex, die. | |
-3 letters: de, ed, ex, id, xi. | |
| Words containing the letters "d-e-i-i-x" | |
+1 letter: deixis. | |
+2 letters: dioxide, immixed, infixed, oxidise, oxidize. | |
+3 letters: deixises, dioxides, exciding, indexing, oxidised, oxidiser, oxidises, oxidized, oxidizer, oxidizes, trioxide, xylidine. | |
+4 letters: coxitides, deoxidize, directrix, endomixis, epoxidize, exhibited, indexical, indexings, maximised, maximized, mediatrix, oxidative, oxidisers, oxidizers, peroxidic, pixilated, priedieux, reoxidize, trioxides, uxoricide, xylidines. | |
+5 letters: deoxidized, deoxidizer, deoxidizes, detoxified, detoxifies, epoxidized, epoxidizes, expediting, expedition, exscinding, indexation, indexicals, intermixed, lixiviated, maxilliped, oxidizable, peroxiding, pixillated, pyridoxine, reindexing, reoxidized, reoxidizes, taxidermic, uxoricides. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. SCRABBLE® is a registered trademark. All intellectual property rights in and to the game are owned in the U.S.A and Canada by Hasbro Inc., and throughout the rest of the world by J.W. Spear & Sons Limited of Maidenhead, Berkshire, England, a subsidiary of Mattel Inc. Mattel and Spear are not affiliated with Hasbro. | |
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