noun
the southern states that seceded from the United States in 1861
• Syn: ↑Confederacy, ↑Confederate States, ↑South, ↑Dixie, ↑Dixieland
• Instance Hypernyms: ↑geographical area, ↑geographic area, ↑geographical region, ↑geographic region
• Member Meronyms:
↑Alabama, ↑Heart of Dixie, ↑Camellia State, ↑AL, ↑Arkansas, ↑Land of Opportunity, ↑AR, ↑Florida, ↑Sunshine State, ↑Everglade State, ↑FL, ↑Georgia, ↑Empire State of the South, ↑Peach State, ↑GA, ↑Louisiana, ↑Pelican State, ↑LA, ↑Mississippi, ↑Magnolia State, ↑MS, ↑Missouri, ↑Show Me State, ↑MO, ↑North Carolina, ↑Old North State, ↑Tar Heel State, ↑NC, ↑South Carolina, ↑Palmetto State, ↑SC, ↑Tennessee, ↑Volunteer State, ↑TN, ↑Texas, ↑Lone-Star State, ↑TX, ↑Virginia, ↑Old Dominion, ↑Old Dominion State, ↑VA
• Part Meronyms: ↑slave state
Useful english dictionary. 2012.