Yankee land en · PROPN
Pronunciation
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Meanings
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(UK, informal) The United States.
A mad world this, my friends, a world in its lunes[…] ever since when this rampant androgynous Bloomerism first came over from Yankee land.
1851 July–December, Thomas Snarlyle, “Bloomerism: A Latter-Day Fragment”, in Punch, volume XXI, page 217:
- (Southern-US, derogatory, sometimes) The northern United States.
- (Northern-US) New England.
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| Yankeeland | alternative | lexicographic | |
| Yankee-land | alternative | lexicographic |
Coordinates
Dixie · the Southland · Dixieland
Relateds
Translations (3)
es Yankilandia (the United States) · fi Jenkkilä (the United States) · eo Jankilando (the United States)