Dyke
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Dyke or dike may refer to:
- A natural or artificial slope or wall to regulate water levels, called levee in American English
- ditch, a water filled drainage trench
- A regional term for a dry stone wall
- Dike (geology), a subvertical sheet-like intrusion of magma or sediment
- Dike (mythology), the Greek goddess of moral justice
- Dikes, diagonal or side-cutting pliers, a hand tool used by electricians and others
- Dyke (car), a brass era automobile
- Dyke (slang), a slang word meaning "lesbian"
- "D-Yikes!", an episode of South Park
- 99 Dike, an asteroid
Names
- Dyke (surname)
- Dyke baronets, a title in the Baronetage of England
- Dykes (surname), a British surname found particularly in northern England
Places
Settlements
- Dike, Iowa, United States
- Dyke, Moray, Scotland
- Dike, Texas, United States
- Dyke, Virginia, United States
- Dyke, Lincolnshire, England
- Little Dyke, Nova Scotia, Canada
Earthworks
- Car Dyke, a Roman boundary ditch in Eastern England
- Devil's Dyke (disambiguation), one of several ancient embankments or ditches (or both)
- Foss Dyke, a Roman canal in England linking the River Trent to the River Witham at Lincoln
- Offa's Dyke, historic earthwork dividing Mercia and Wales
- Wansdyke (earthwork), dividing Wessex from the lands south west of it
See also
- Dyke & the Blazers, 1960s R&B group
- Van Dyke (disambiguation)
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