Dixie

noun

/ˈdɪksi/

[uncountable]

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an informal name for the southern states of the US that fought against the north in the American civil war迪克西（美國東南部各州的非正式統稱）
CultureThe 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.
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: 迪克西：同盟國的戰鬥歌。它由丹尼爾·埃米特（Daniel Emmett）於1859年在紐約寫成《狄克西的土地》，後來又爲它成爲“聯邦國歌”而感到不安。然而，狄克西是亞伯拉罕·林肯最喜歡的歌曲。它始於：“I wish I was in the land of cotton,Old times there are not forgotten;Look away, look away, look away,Dixie land!”