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— English words —

• yankee n. (Nautical) A headsail resembling a genoa or a jib but with a high-cut clew, normally used together with…
• yankee n. (International standards) Alternative letter-case form of Yankee from the NATO/ICAO Phonetic Alphabet.
• Yankee n. (Chiefly outside the US) A native or inhabitant of the United States.
• Yankee n. (Chiefly Southern US) A native or inhabitant of the Northern United States.
• Yankee n. (Chiefly Northern US) A native or inhabitant of New England.
• Yankee n. (Chiefly southern Louisiana) An Anglo, as opposed to someone with French ancestry; a native or inhabitant…
• Yankee n. (Nautical) A large triangular headsail used in light or moderate winds and set on the fore topmast stay…
• Yankee n. (Baseball) A player that plays for the New York Yankees.
• Yankee n. A wager on four selections, consisting of 11 separate bets: six doubles, four trebles and a fourfold…
• Yankee v. (Dated, slang, US, Canada, sometimes offensive) to cheat, trick or swindle somebody; to misrepresent something.

— International convention —

• yankee n. Alternative letter-case form of Yankee of the ICAO/NATO radiotelephony alphabet.
• Yankee n. (International standards) NATO, ICAO, ITU & IMO phonetic alphabet code for the letter Y.
• Yankee n. (Nautical) Signal flag for the letter Y.

— Foreign word, define in English —

• Manx
  • Yankee n. Yankee.

— English words, defined in German —

• Yankee S. US-amerikanisch: aus Neuengland oder anderen Nordstaaten der USA stammende oder dort lebende Person.
• Yankee S. Britisch, oft abwertend: aus den USA stammende oder dort lebende Person.
• Yankee S. Historisch: Soldat der Nordstaaten im amerikanischen Bürgerkrieg.

— English word, defined in Dutch —

• Yankee n. Yankee.

— English words, defined in French —

• Yankee n. Yankee.
• Yankee adj. Yankee.

— English word, defined in Spanish —

• Yankee adj. Yanqui.

— English words, defined in Portuguese —

• yankee s. (Estrangeirismo) ver ianque.
• yankee s. Norte-americano, estadunidense, ianque.

— English word, defined in Italian —

• yankee s. (Gergale) yankee.

— In German —

• Yankee S. Meist abwertend: Staatsbürger der USA.

— In Dutch —

• yankee n. Een Amerikaan uit het noordelijke deel van de Verenigde Staten.
• yankee n. (Spellingsalfabet) spelwoord van het ITU/NAVO-spellingalfabet…

— In French —

• yankee adj. Relatif aux Yankees, Américains.
• yankee adj. (Congo-Brazzaville)(Congo-Kinshasa) Relatif aux yankees…
• yankee n.m. (Marine) Voile d’avant dont le point d’écoute est placé haut.
• yankee n.m. (Congo-Brazzaville)(Congo-Kinshasa) Jeune de la rue des…
• Yankee n.m. (Familier) Américain, Étatsunien.
• yankée n.f. (Congo-Kinshasa) Voyoute congolaise.

— In Spanish —

• yankee s. Estadounidense.
• yankee s. Originario, relativo a, o propio de Nueva Inglaterra (EEUU).
• yankee s. Originario, relativo a, o propio de los estados del norte…
• yankee s. Representación la letra ye (y).
• yankee s. Náutica. Bandera que representa la letra ye (y).

— In Italian —

• yankee agg. Definizione mancante; se vuoi, [yankee aggiungila] tu.
• yankee s. (Forestierismo) (gergale) abitante degli Stati Uniti d’America.

97 English words from 14 English definitions

alphabet Alternative amp ancestry and Anglo as␣opposed␣to Baseball bets but Canada case cheat Chiefly clew code consisting consisting␣of cut Dated doubles England flag for fore form four fourfold French from genoa headsail high ICAO IMO inhabitant International ITU jib large letter letter␣case light Louisiana misrepresent moderate native NATO Nautical New New␣England New␣York normally Northern offensive on␣the opposed outside phonetic phonetic␣alphabet player plays radiotelephony resembling selections separate set set␣on Signal six slang somebody someone something sometimes southern standards States stay swindle that the together together␣with topmast trebles triangular trick United United␣States used wager winds with Yankee Yankees York

39 English words from 26 foreign definitions

America americano aux avant Bandera Brazzaville Congo Congo-Brazzaville Congo-Kinshasa deel del den der des dont dort Een est haut het ITU Jeune Kinshasa Marine Norte oft Person point que rue Staten Stati USA van ver Voile yankee yankees Yanqui

65 foreign words from 26 foreign definitions

abitante abwertend Américain Américains Amerikaan amerikanisch amerikanischen anderen aus Britisch Bürgerkrieg Congo␣Brazzaville Congo␣Kinshasa congolaise d’avant Definizione degli de␣la écoute EEUU estados Estadounidense estadunidense Estrangeirismo Étatsunien Familier Forestierismo gergale Historisch ianque Inglaterra lebende letra los mancante Meist Náutica NAVO Neuengland Nordstaaten norte Norte-americano Nueva oder Originario placé propio Relatif relativo representa Representación Soldat spellingalfabet Spellingsalfabet spelwoord Staatsbürger stammende Stati␣Uniti uit Uniti US-amerikanisch Verenigde Verenigde␣Staten Voyoute vuoi

36 suffixes (New words found by adding one or more letters at the end of the word.)

Yankeed yankees Yankees Yankeefy Yankeese Yankeedom Yankeeing Yankeeism Yankeeize Yankee␣dime Yankeefied Yankeefies Yankee␣Hill Yankeeisms Yankeeized Yankeeizes Yankeeland Yankee␣land Yankeeness Yankeetown Yankee␣Town Yankee␣dimes Yankeefying Yankeeizing Yankee␣White Yankee␣cheese Yankee␣Doodle Yankee␣Doodles Yankeeization Yankee␣football Yankee␣cheese-box Yankee␣ingenuity Yankee␣tunesmith Yankee␣tunesmiths Yankee␣cheese-boxes Yankee␣Thanksgiving

3 times in the middle (New words found by adding letters in front and at the end of the word.)

damyankees damn␣Yankees Swamp␣Yankees

3 prefixes (New words found by adding one or more letters in front of the word.)

damyankee damn␣Yankee Swamp␣Yankee

7 words-in-word (Words found as is inside the word. Minimum size 3 letters.)

kee Kee yan Yan yank Yank Yanke

5 words-in-word RTL (Words found written from right to left, inside the word. Minimum size 3 letters.)

eek Eek nay Nay NAY

One anagram (New word found by changing the order of the letters.)

Keaney

10 anagrams found with an extra letter (New words formed with all the letters from the word and an extra letter.)

eye␣bank Kaveney Keaneys Kearney Keaveny Kenealy Keseyan Yankeed yankees Yankees

8 anagrams found minus a letter (New words formed with all the letters from the word minus a letter.)

akene aknee Kanye Keane Keena Kenya nakey Yanke

5 cousins (New words found by changing only one letter.)

rankee yanked yanker Yankes Yankey

One lipogram (New word found when removing only one letter.)

Yanke

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