Yankee

Senso (Inglese)

Noun

1. (Commonwealth, derogatory, sometimes) A native or inhabitant of the United States.
2. (Southern-US) A native or inhabitant of the Northern United States.
3. (Northern-US) A native or inhabitant of New England.
4. (Louisiana, Southern) An Anglo, as opposed to someone with French ancestry; a native or inhabitant of the rest of the United States.
5. 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. A player for the New York Yankees.
7. A wager on four selections, consisting of 11 separate bets: six doubles, four trebles and a fourfold accumulator. A minimum two selections must win to gain a return.
8. Someone on the Union side.

Verb

to cheat, trick or swindle somebody; to misrepresent something

Concetti

yankee

americano

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nordista

Yankee

sinonimi

American

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Yank

Usonian

Northerner

Usanian

US American

United Statesian

US-ian

yank

Yankee-Doodle

New Englander

citizen of the United States

American person

in the States

Native American

stateside

westerner

ICAO spelling alphabet

Traduzioni

yanqui

Yankee

Yankee

ianqui

ianque

Yankee

yankee

Ami

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Yanqui

US-Amerikaner

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US-Amerikanerin

Αμερικανός

Pronunciato come (IPA)

/ˈjæŋ.ki/

Etimologia (Inglese)

First attested in 1765, when it was described as "a name of derision … given by the Southern people on the Continent to those of New England". Various suggestions have been made as to its origin: that it derives from a Cherokee word meaning "slave" or "coward" and was applied to the New Englanders by the Virginians because the former refused to aid the latter in a war against the Cherokees; that it derives from Yengees, an Indian corruption of English; and that it derives from Janke, a pet form of the common Dutch forename Jan. The OED regards the last of these as "perhaps the most plausible".