That part of the southeastern
United States comprising the states of
Alabama,
Georgia,
Louisiana,
Mississippi, and
South Carolina.
Also an archetypal realm in American mythology, a faraway place inhabited by hillbillies (either funny or menacing), aristocratic plantation owners, kindly old tale-spinning African-Americans, hot-blooded rebels, corrupt and sadistic lawmen, alluring females, gallant and charming males, and Bible-beating fundamentalists.