hoecake - thin usually unleavened johnnycake made of cornmeal; originally baked on the blade of a hoe over an open fire (Southern)

KKK, Klan, Ku Klux Klan - a secret society of white Southerners in the United States; was formed in the 19th century to resist the emancipation of slaves; used terrorist tactics to suppress Black people

geographic area, geographic region, geographical area, geographical region - a demarcated area of the Earth

U.S.A., United States, United States of America, US, USA, America, U.S. - North American republic containing 50 states - 48 conterminous states in North America plus Alaska in northwest North America and the Hawaiian Islands in the Pacific Ocean; achieved independence in 1776

Gulf States - a region of the United States comprising states bordering the Gulf of Mexico; Alabama and Florida and Louisiana and Mississippi and Texas

Deep South - 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

Old South - the South before the Civil War

Tidewater - the coastal plain of the South: eastern parts of Virginia and North Carolina and South Carolina and Georgia

Piedmont - the plateau between the coastal plain and the Appalachian Mountains: parts of Virginia and North and South Carolina and Georgia and Alabama

Carolina - the area of the states of North Carolina and South Carolina

Southerner - an American who lives in the South

geographic area, geographic region, geographical area, geographical region - a demarcated area of the Earth

slave state - any of the southern states in which slavery was legal prior to the Civil War

Alabama, Camellia State, Heart of Dixie, AL - a state in the southeastern United States on the Gulf of Mexico; one of the Confederate states during the American Civil War

Arkansas, Land of Opportunity, AR - a state in south central United States; one of the Confederate states during the American Civil War

Everglade State, FL, Florida, Sunshine State - a state in southeastern United States between the Atlantic and the Gulf of Mexico; one of the Confederate states during the American Civil War

Empire State of the South, Georgia, Peach State, GA - a state in southeastern United States; one of the Confederate states during the American Civil War

Louisiana, Pelican State, LA - a state in southern United States on the Gulf of Mexico; one of the Confederate states during the American Civil War

Magnolia State, Mississippi, MS - a state in the Deep South on the gulf of Mexico; one of the Confederate States during the American Civil War

Missouri, Show Me State, MO - a midwestern state in central United States; a border state during the American Civil War, Missouri was admitted to the Confederacy without actually seceding from the Union

NC, North Carolina, Old North State, Tar Heel State - a state in southeastern United States; one of the original 13 colonies

Palmetto State, SC, South Carolina - a state in the Deep South; one of the original 13 colonies

Tennessee, TN, Volunteer State - a state in east central United States

Lone-Star State, Texas, TX - the second largest state; located in southwestern United States on the Gulf of Mexico

Old Dominion, Old Dominion State, VA, Virginia - a state in the eastern United States; one of the original 13 colonies; one of the Confederate States in the American Civil War

cardinal compass point - one of the four main compass points

region - a large indefinite location on the surface of the Earth; "penguins inhabit the polar regions"