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yankeeland

Yan·kee·land
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Transcription

    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • [yang-kee-land]
    • /ˈyæŋ kiˌlænd/
    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • [yang-kee-land]
    • /ˈyæŋ kiˌlænd/

Definitions of yankeeland word

  • noun yankeeland Chiefly Southern U.S. the northern states of the U.S. 1
  • noun yankeeland Chiefly British. the U.S. 1
  • noun yankeeland Chiefly Northern U.S. New England. 1

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Origin of yankeeland

First appearance:

before 1780
One of the 45% newest English words
An Americanism dating back to 1780-90; Yankee + land

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Parts of speech for Yankeeland

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation

yankeeland popularity

A pretty common term. Usually people know it’s meaning, but prefer to use a more spread out synonym. About 34% of English native speakers know the meaning and use word.
According to our data most of word are more popular. This word is almost not used. It has a much more popular synonym.

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