wikipedia|dab=Yankee (disambiguation)|Yankee
English

Etymology
1683, a name applied disparagingly by Dutch settlers in Nieuw Amsterdam (New York) to English colonists in neighboring Connecticut. It may be from Du. Janke, lit. "Little John," dim. of common personal name Jan; or it may be from Jan Kees familiar form of "Johan Cornelius," or perhaps an alt. of Jan Kees, dial. variant of Jan Kaas, lit. "John Cheese," the generic nickname the Flemings used for Dutchmen. It originally seems to have been applied insultingly to Dutch, especially freebooters, before they turned around and slapped it on the English. In Eng. a term of contempt (1750s) before its use as a general term for "native of New England" (1765). Shortened form Yank#Proper noun|Yank in reference to "an American" first recorded 1778.

Noun
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1. A native or inhabitant of New England.
2. A native or inhabitant of the Northern USA.
3. A native or inhabitant of the USA.
4. The letter Y in the ICAO spelling alphabet.
5. nautical A large triangular headsail used in light or moderate winds and set on the fore topmast stay. Unlike a genoa it does not fill the whole fore triangle, but is set in combination with the working staysail.
6. baseballA player that plays for the w:New York Yankees|New York Yankees.

Translations
trans-top|a native or inhabitant of New England
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trans-top|a native or inhabitant of the Northern USA
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trans-top|a native or inhabitant of the USA
Finnish: t+|fi|jenkki
German: t-|de|Ami|m, t-|de|Yankee|m
Portuguese: ianque m|f
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Spanish: t+|es|yanqui|m|f
Russian: t+|ru|�нки|alt��нки|trjánki|sc=Cyrl
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trans-top|the letter "Y"
Finnish: t-|fi|Yrjö
German: t+|de|Ypsilon
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trans-top|(nautical) A large triangular headsail
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trans-top|(baseball) A player that plays for the New York Yankees
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Spanish: t-|es|Yanqui|m
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ttbc|Estonian: jänki
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ttbc|Slovak: Yankee
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See also
Yank
Yankeedom
Yankeeism
Yankee-Doodle
yanqui

Category:Dutch derivations

el:Yankee
es:Yankee

• 2007-12-08 21:34 - EncycloPetey - Undo revision 3406682 by [[Special:Contributions/PeterCantropus|PeterCantropus]] ([[User talk:PeterCantropus|Talk]]) - not specific to the war

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