Dixie
▪ I. Dix·ie 7 BrE [ˈdɪksi] NAmE [ˈdɪksi] noun uncountable
an informal name for the south-eastern states of the US
Word Origin:
[Dixie] said to be from the name of a black character in a minstrel play (1850).
Culture:
The name came from the song ↑Dixie but has never been fully explained. It may refer to the imaginary Mason-Dixon line that separates the North from the South.
▪ II. Dixie [Dixie] BrE NAmE
the battle song of the ↑Confederate States. It was written in 1859 in New York as Dixie’s Land by Daniel Emmett, who was later upset that it became the ‘Confederate national anthem’. Dixie was, however, a favourite song of Abraham ↑Lincoln. It begins: I wish I was in the land of cotton, Old times there are not forgotten; Look away, look away, look away, Dixie land!
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