dixie

Other forms of dixie

plural

dixies·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about dixie

What does dixie mean?

dixie means "the southern states that seceded from the United States in 1861". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in dixie?

dixie has 2 syllables: dix-ie. The stress falls on "dix". In IPA it is /ˈdɪksi/.

What is another word for dixie?

Close synonyms include Confederacy, Confederate States, Confederate States of America, South, Dixieland. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is dixie a common word?

dixie is banded "Familiar" — widely understood, used when the subject calls for it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.