Word | Noun | Adjective | Verb | Adverb |
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USA | Yes | No | No | No |
Yankee | Yes | Yes | No | No |
USA (noun) | Yankee (noun) |
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the army of the United States of America; the agency that organizes and trains soldiers for land warfare | an American (especially to non-Americans) |
North American republic containing 50 states - 48 conterminous states in North America plus Alaska in northwest North America and the Hawaiian Islands in the Pacific Ocean; achieved independence in 1776 | an American who lives in New England |
an American who lives in the North (especially during the American Civil War) |
USA (adjective) | Yankee (adjective) |
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used by Southerners for an inhabitant of a northern state in the United States (especially a Union soldier) |