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'''Dyke''' or '''dike''' may refer to:

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==General uses==
* [[Dyke (slang)]], a slang word meaning "lesbian"
* [[Dike (geology)]], formations of magma or sediment that cut through and across the layering of adjacent rocks
* [[Dike (mythology)]], ''Dikē'', the Greek goddess of moral justice
* Dikes, [[diagonal pliers]], also called side-cutting pliers, a hand tool used by electricians and others
* [[Dyke (automobile company)]], established 1899

==Structures==
* [[Levee]], a natural or artificial slope or wall to regulate water levels
* [[Ditch]], a water-filled drainage trench
* A regional term for a [[dry stone]] wall

==People==
* [[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
* [[Dykes, Missouri]], 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]], dividing Wessex from the lands southwest of it
* [[Wat's Dyke]], an earthwork running through the northern Welsh Marches from Basingwerk Abbey to Maesbury

===Geological features===
* The [[Great Dyke]], a mineral-rich feature that runs through Zimbabwe 
* [[Mount Desire Dyke]], an igneous intrusion in South Australia

==See also==
* [[Dyke and the Blazers]], 1960s R&B group
* [[Van Dyke]]
* "[[D-Yikes!]]", an episode of ''South Park''
* [[99 Dike]], an asteroid
* Winter dyke, another name for a [[clothes horse]]

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