Word.ws English Dictionary

Dixieland

/ˈdɪksilænd/

Dixieland proper noun: synonym of Southern United States.

Proper noun

Dixieland

  1. (US, informal) Synonym of Southern United States.
  2. (US, informal) The southwestern corner of Utah; Dixie.

Noun

Dixieland (uncountable)

  1. A type of jazz that originated in New Orleans.
    • My sis is tying the knot. I want you to play for the reception. She likes Dixieland. Two of my boys say you play good Dixieland.1980, Stephen King, The Wedding Gig
    Synonyms:
    hot jazz

Synonyms of Dixieland

All synonyms of Dixieland

Origin of Dixieland

From Dixie + -land.

Questions about Dixieland

What does Dixieland mean?
Dixieland means synonym of Southern United States.
What part of speech is Dixieland?
Dixieland can be a proper noun or a noun.
How do you pronounce Dixieland?
Dixieland is pronounced /ˈdɪksilænd/.

Words near Dixieland in the dictionary

  1. Dixie flag
  2. Dixie flags
  3. Dixiecrat
  4. Dixiecratic
  5. Dixiecrats
  6. Dixieland
  7. Dixielander
  8. Dixielanders
  9. dixies
  10. Dixion
  11. Dixions

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: Dixieland (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

Last updated:

Cite this entry: “Dixieland.” Word.ws, https://word.ws/dixieland. Based on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.