Word | Noun | Adjective | Verb | Adverb |
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Yankee | Yes | Yes | No | No |
U.S. | Yes | No | No | No |
Yankee (noun) | U.S. (noun) |
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an American (especially to non-Americans) | the executive and legislative and judicial branches of the federal government of the United States |
an American who lives in New England | 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 the North (especially during the American Civil War) |
Yankee (adjective) | U.S. (adjective) |
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used by Southerners for an inhabitant of a northern state in the United States (especially a Union soldier) |