Dixie

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Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
Dixie/ˈdɪksi/

▶noun an informal name for the Southern states of the US.

– phrases
whistle Dixie N. Amer. informal engage in unrealistic fantasies.

– origin C19: of unknown origin.

Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
dixie/ˈdɪksi/

▶noun (pl. dixies) a large iron cooking pot used by campers or soldiers.

– origin early 20th cent.: from Hindi degcī ‘cooking pot’, from Pers. degča, dimin. of deg ‘pot’.