Yan·kee /ˈjæŋki/
美國人
Yan·kee n. A nickname for a native or citizen of New England, especially one descended from old New England stock; by extension, an inhabitant of the Northern States as distinguished from a Southerner; also, applied sometimes by foreigners to any inhabitant of the United States.
From meanness first this Portsmouth Yankey rose,
And still to meanness all his conduct flows. --Oppression, A poem by an American (Boston, 1765).
Yan·kee, a. Of or pertaining to a Yankee; characteristic of the Yankees.
The alertness of the Yankee aspect. --Hawthorne.
Yankee clover. Bot. See Japan clover, under Japan.
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Yankee
adj : used by southerners for an inhabitant of a northern state in
the United States (especially a Union soldier)
n 1: an American who lives in the North (especially during the
American Civil War) [syn: Yank, Northerner]
2: an American who lives in New England [syn: New Englander,
Yank]
3: an American [syn: Yank, Yankee-Doodle]