yanqui
Valid in Scrabble
- Scrabble points
- 18
- Words With Friends
- 19
- Letters
- 6
/ˈjaŋkɪ/(UK)
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/ˈjaŋkɪ/(UK) · /ˈjæŋki/(US) · /ˈjɑŋki/(US)
Definition of yanqui
1 sense · 1 part of speech · etymology included
noun
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(derogatory, sometimes)A citizen of the United States of America, as opposed to a Latin American.
“As we taxied down the runway / I could hear the people shout / They said, "Don't come back here, yanqui" / But if I ever do / I'll bring more money”
Definitions from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA.
Etymology
Borrowed from Spanish yanqui, in turn from English Yankee, from Dutch (see more at said entry). Dated to 1914.
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