Yankee land

proper noun

The United States.

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Meanings

proper noun

alternative Yankeeland · alternative Yankee-land

  1. UKinformalThe 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
  2. Southern USderogatorysometimesThe northern United States.
  3. Northern USNew England.

Translations

Esperanto Jankilando
  • Jankilandothe United States
Finnish Jenkkilä
  • Jenkkiläthe United States
Spanish Yankilandia
  • Yankilandiathe United States
Cite this entry
APA

Yankee land. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Yankee%20land

MLA

“Yankee land.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Yankee%20land. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Yankee land,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Yankee%20land.

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