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Dyke or dike may refer to:

• Dyke (construction) or levee, a natural or artificial slope or wall to regulate water levels
• A ditch, a water filled drainage trench
• Dike (geology), a subvertical sheet-like intrusion of magma or sediment
• Dikes, diagonal pliers, a hand tool used by electricians and others
• Dyking out, a slang term for a uniform or dressing assistant at Virginia Military Institute and other military schools or colleges
• Dike (mythology), the Greek goddess of moral justice
• 99 Dike, an asteroid
• D-Yikes!, an episode of South Park
• Dyke (slang), a lesbian

Names

• Dykes (surname), a British surname found particularly in northern England.
• van Dyke, a surname of Dutch origin
• Dyke Baronets, a title in the Baronetage of England

People

• Dick Van Dyke (born 1925), American actor
• Jerry Van Dyke (born 1931), actor and comedian, Dick Van Dyke's brother
• Barry Van Dyke (born 1951), actor, Dick Van Dyke's son
• D.L. Dykes, Jr. (1917-1997), Louisiana Methodist clergyman
• Greg Dyke (born 1947), former Director General of the BBC and current Chairman of Brentford Football Club
• Hugh Dykes, Baron Dykes (born 1939), a Member of Parliament in the United Kingdom
• John Bacchus Dykes (1823–1876), an English clergyman and hymnist
• John Dyke (rugby player) (1884–1960), Wales international rugby union player
• John and Jennie Dyke, American aircraft designers
• Keilen Dykes (born 1984), American football player
• William Dyke (born 1930), mayor of Madison, Wisconsin
• Sir William Hart Dyke, 7th Baronet (1837–1931)
• John Dyke, lead singer of German synthpop band Dyko
• Frank L. Dyke, established Dyke School of Commerce (1894), later Dyke College, currently Chancellor University (Cleveland, OH)

Places

Settlements

• Dike, Iowa, United States
• 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
• Offa's Dyke, historic earthwork dividing Mercia and Wales
• Wansdyke (earthwork), dividing Wessex from the lands south west of it
• Devil's Dyke, one of several ancient embankments or ditches (or both):
  • Devil's Dyke, Cambridgeshire
  • Devil's Dyke, Hertfordshire
  • Devil's Dyke, Sussex
  • Devil's Dyke, Nithsdale, Scotland

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English

Etymology 1

From Middle English.

Pronunciation

• (RP) enPR: dīk, IPA: /daɪk/, SAMPA: /daIk/

Proper noun

Dike

1. A topographic surname for someone living near a dike.

Etymology 2

From Ancient Greek Δίκη (Dikē).

Alternative spellings

Pronunciation

• (RP) enPR: diʹké, dĭʹkē, IPA: /ˈdike/, /ˈdɪkiː/, SAMPA: /"dike/, /"dIki:/

  or as per the Ancient Greek

Proper noun

Dike

1. (historical and Ancient Greek mythology) The goddess personifying the principle of justice.

Antonyms

• Adikia

See also

• (other second-generation Horae): Eirene, Eunomia