/pɪdi/ or /pɛdi/ (a dialectal pronunciation of ‘pedee’ may vary depending on regional accents)

Definitions

1. noun

a dialectal or colloquial term used to refer to a person from Pec Dee, a region in North Carolina, or a colloquial term for the Pee Dee River in South Carolina and North Carolina

“She grew up in the Pec Dee region and often used the term ‘pedee’ to refer to locals from her hometown.”