Synset

the southeastern region of the United States: South Carolina and Georgia and Alabama and Mississippi and Louisiana; prior to the American Civil War all these states produced cotton and permitted slavery
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geographical area, geographic area, geographical region, geographic region

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Alabama, Heart of Dixie, Camellia State, AL, Ala. Georgia, Empire State of the South, Peach State, GA, Ga. Louisiana, Pelican State, LA, La. Mississippi, Magnolia State, MS, Miss. South Carolina, Palmetto State, SC, S.C.