heart of dixie

1. 1.

   a state in the southeastern United States on the Gulf of Mexico; one of the Confederate states during the American Civil War

   SynonymsAlabamaCamellia StateALAla.

   BroaderAmerican stateSouth

   Part ofUnited StatesGulf StatesConfederacyDeep South

   PartsMontgomeryBirminghamDecaturGadsdenHuntsvilleMobile

Questions about heart of dixie

What does heart of dixie mean?

heart of dixie means "a state in the southeastern United States on the Gulf of Mexico; one of the Confederate states during the American Civil War".

What is another word for heart of dixie?

Close synonyms include Alabama, Camellia State, AL, Ala.. 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 heart of dixie a common word?

heart of dixie is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.