"Yankee land" meaning in English

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Proper name

Audio: En-au-Yankee land.ogg
Head templates: {{en-prop}} Yankee land
  1. (British, informal) The United States. Tags: British, informal Categories (place): Country nicknames, United States Synonyms: Yankeeland, Yankee-land Translations (the United States): Jankilando (Esperanto), Jenkkilä (Finnish), Yankilandia (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-Yankee_land-en-name--uiHAmxO Disambiguation of Country nicknames: 68 24 7 Disambiguation of United States: 61 37 2 Categories (other): British English, English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Esperanto translations, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with Spanish translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 68 30 2 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 73 26 1 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 67 25 7 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 71 23 6 Disambiguation of Terms with Esperanto translations: 66 24 10 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 72 23 5 Disambiguation of Terms with Spanish translations: 76 23 1 Disambiguation of 'the United States': 61 37 2
  2. (Southern US) The northern states region of the United States. Tags: Southern-US
    Sense id: en-Yankee_land-en-name-zkFYj-Vx Categories (other): Southern US English
  3. (chiefly Northern US) New England. Tags: Northern-US
    Sense id: en-Yankee_land-en-name-0HWwJ4fP Categories (other): Northern US English

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