NOUN | person | Yankee, Yank, Northerner | an American who lives in the North (especially during the American Civil War) |
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person | Yankee, New Englander | an American who lives in New England | |
person | Yankee, Yank, Yankee-Doodle | an American (especially to non-Americans) | |
ADJECTIVE | all | Yankee | used by Southerners for an inhabitant of a northern state in the United States (especially a Union soldier) |
Sounds | yae'ngkiy | |
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Rhymes | achy ... yucky: 142 rhymes with kiy... |
Meaning | Used by Southerners for an inhabitant of a northern state in the United States (especially a Union soldier). | |
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Broader | northern | In or characteristic of a region of the United States north of (approximately) the Mason-Dixon line |
Spanish | yanqui | |
Catalan | ianqui | |
Nouns | Yankee | an American who lives in the North (especially during the American Civil War) |
Meaning | An American who lives in the North (especially during the American Civil War). | |
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Synonyms | Yank, Northerner | |
Member of | North | The region of the United States lying to the north of the Mason-Dixon line |
Region | United States, United States of America, America, the States, US, U.S., USA, U.S.A. | North American republic containing 50 states - 48 conterminous states in North America plus Alaska in northwest North America and the Hawaiian Islands in the Pacific Ocean |
Narrower | Federal, Federal soldier, Union soldier | A member of the Union Army during the American Civil War |
Broader | American | A native or inhabitant of the United States |
Spanish | soldado del norte, yankee, Yankee, yanqui | |
Catalan | ianqui, yankee | |
Adjectives | Yankee | used by Southerners for an inhabitant of a northern state in the United States (especially a Union soldier) |
Meaning | An American who lives in New England. | |
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Synonym | New Englander | |
Member of | New England | A region of northeastern United States comprising Maine and New Hampshire and Vermont and Massachusetts and Rhode Island and Connecticut |
Broader | American | A native or inhabitant of the United States |
Catalan | habitant de la regió de Nova Anglaterra |
Meaning | An American (especially to non-Americans). | |
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Synonyms | Yank, Yankee-Doodle | |
Broader | American | A native or inhabitant of the United States |
Spanish | yanqui | |
Catalan | ianqui |
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