yanqui

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English

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Etymology

From Spanish, in turn from English Yankee, from Dutch (see more at said entry). Dated to 1914.[1]

Pronunciation

  • (UK) IPA(key): /ˈjaŋkɪ/
  • (US) IPA(key): /ˈjæŋki/, /ˈjɑŋki/
  • Audio (US):(file)
  • Rhymes: -æŋki

Noun

yanqui (plural yanquis)

  1. (sometimes derogatory) A citizen of the United States of America, as opposed to a Latin American.

References

  1. ^ http://www.unz.org/Pub/Century-1914mar-00653

Spanish

Alternative forms

Etymology

Borrowed from English Yankee, from Dutch (see more at said entry).

Pronunciation

 
  • IPA(key): (everywhere but Argentina and Uruguay) /ˈʝanki/
  • IPA(key): (Buenos Aires and environs) /ˈʃanki/
  • IPA(key): (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay) /ˈʒanki/

  • Rhymes: -anki
  • Syllabification: yan‧qui

Noun

yanqui m or f by sense (plural yanquis)

  1. Yankee (native or inhabitant of the U.S.)

Adjective

yanqui m or f (masculine and feminine plural yanquis)

  1. Yankee

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