Yankee

The term Yankee and its contracted form Yank have several interrelated meanings, all referring to people from the United States. Their various meanings depend on the context, and may refer to New Englanders, the Northeastern United States, the Northern United States, or to people from the US in general.

Quotes

• Yankee Doodle went to town
     A-riding on a pony,
  Stuck a feather in his hat
     And called it macaroni.
  • "Yankee Doodle", lyrics printed in The Reader's Encyclopedia, vol. 4 (1948), p. 1231

• Yankee, n. In Europe, an American. In the Northern States of our Union, a New Englander. In the Southern States the word is unknown. (See Damnyank)
  • Ambrose Bierce, The Devil's Dictionary (1911)

External links

• Encyclopedic article on Yankee on Wikipedia