dixieland

noun [U]

/ˈdɪk.si.lænd/

Definition

› a style of traditional jazz music with a two-beat rhythm, which originally began in New Orleans in the US in the 1920sJazz and blues

(Definition of dixieland noun from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press)

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