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Yankeeland

[yang-kee-land]

noun

Chiefly Southern U.S. the northern states of the U.S.

Chiefly British. the U.S.

Chiefly Northern U.S. New England.

Origin:
1780–90, Americanism; Yankee + land

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Yankeeland

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