what is the meaning of yankees?
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Depends on what you're refering too, the word itself or the teams?  Yes there is more than one team called the Yankees.  Here's what wikipedia.com says:\n\nYankee can mean:\n\nYankee, an American, especially one from New England or more generally from the Northeastern United States. \nSoldiers identified as being from the previous areas: Patriot (American Revolution) during the American Revolutionary War, Union (American Civil War) soldiers during the American Civil War, and United States soldiers in general during the wars of the 20th century. \nA member of one of the following teams in the New York Yankees Major League Baseball organization: \nthe New York Yankees (MLB) \nthe Staten Island Yankees (Single-A Minor League Affiliate of the New York Yankees) \nthe Tampa Yankees (High-A Minor League Affiliate of the New York Yankees) \nthe Gulf Coast Yankees (Rookie League Affiliate of the New York Yankees) \nA New Hampshire magazine, Yankee (magazine). \nA Yankee bond, a United States dollar-denominated sovereign or corporate bond issued by non-U.S. governments and corporations. \nOne of several nuclear power plant nuclear reactors in New England: \nConnecticut Yankee Nuclear Generating Station \nMaine Yankee \nVermont Yankee \nYankee Rowe \nThe Yankee (motorcycle), an American-made motorcycle from the early 1970s. \nThe letter Y in the NATO phonetic alphabet. \nThe Yankee class submarine, the NATO reporting name for several types of Soviet nuclear submarines \nThe 'Y' version of the Aeritalia G.91 fighter aircraft \nA type of bet which tries to pick the winner of four races. \nA kogal
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The YANKS, even though I am a Red Sox fan.  \n\nAdd it up.  You have more valuable Yankee baseball cards and memorobilia than Red Sox stuff.    The difference is almost enough to make me switch.  (But it is fun to sell baseball cards to Yankee Fans as a Red Sox fan, but it would be impossible to sell anything to a Red Sox fan if I were a Yankee Fan).
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Go to the yankees website or the red sox website.  Usually they tell you there.
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THE TEAM OF THE BOSTON RED SOX!!\n\nTHE WHOLE TEAM!!\n\nTHAT'S RIGHT, if someone thinks the Yankees are D**k Heads, they are just upset their team it's as good as the Yankees.\n\nTHE RED SOX ARE D**K HEADS!!
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Canuck is a slang word for a Canadian person in the way "Yankee" is for an American. However, the team name is actually derived from Johnny Canuck, a 19th century Canadian Cartoon that has had several reincarnations during the 20th century. Johnny Canuck was also on the very first Vancouver Canucks logo, back in their Pacific Coast Hockey League days.
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RED SOX!!! I HATE the Yankees with all of my life. Yankees are little, rich, stuck-up jerks and they just remind of those little snobby rich kids back in school that think that they are the best thing since sliced bread. The Red Sox don't care about anything like that. They are just there to play baseball, win, and be a good team. And when Johnny Damon went as a free agent to the Yankees, he cut his hair just to fit in with the stuck-up freaks. That is why I am a RED SOX fan for life. (but I like the Carolina Hurricanes a lot better)
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The NY Yankees, because they have the most World Series titles (26), and the most WS appearances (39). Overall, they are just a great baseball team! They have had some of the best players in all of baseball! Babe Ruth, Lou Gehrig, Mickey Mantle.....the list goes on! Also, because of the team they have NOW! Alex Rodoriguez (the AL MVP 2005!), Derek Jeter, Bernie Williams, Hideki Matsui, and Mariano Rivera! Also, because they are the most clean cut team! The Red Sox are too hairy, smelly, and shabby to be considered a good team! Maybe if they all got haircuts, and dropped a few pounds...Ya know? The Yankees are fit, and in shape. They are my favorite team, and they always will be!
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If you live in the southern US, any northern state is a Yankee state. \n\nIf you live in the midwestern US, any New England state is considered a Yankee state.
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Most definetely the Yankees. They are going to win this year!!!
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Correction...the Yankees WERE the best...but since 2000, they haven't been...not even once...and there was baseball before the Yankees, there would be baseball without the Yankees...just the truth...
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I love The New York Yankees!!!!  Jeter is the best.  I even named my pug Jeter and i've got 2 Yankee tattoos!
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I love baseball\nThe NY Yankees are my team.\nGo Yankees!!!!!
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Derek Jeter of the New York Yankees: The face of modern baseball.
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I say:\n\n1.  Yes\n2.  Yankees Suck
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<The term Yankee has a variety of meanings. Generally, it refers to citizens of the United States, particularly those Americans from the U.S. Northeast. \n\nHistory\nOrigins\nThe origin of the term is disputed. Widely held theories claim that it originated from the Dutch in old New Amsterdam (today known as New York) in the Mid-Atlantic States. It then was adopted by the British as a pejorative for (Northern) colonists. The origin was likely to be either the phrase Jan Kees ("John Cornelius") (two very common dutch names); Jan Kaas, meaning "John Cheese", a generic insult of the Dutch; or perhaps Janneke, the diminutive form of the name Jan. The latter is particularily plausible since "Janneke" is essentially the Dutch equivalent of "Jonny" (although today it is used as a girl's name; compare the French Jeannette). Dutch traders along the waterways near New York used the name Janneke as a diminutive for the English settlers, since the name "John" was very prevalent at the time. \nAnother theory (deprecated by most authorities) holds that it originated among a group of Indians on the eastern seaboard of North America. They were unable to pronounce the word "English", rendering it as "yengis" or "yengeese." This later became simplified to "Yankees". This theory is not widely held, since convincing records of the tribe and their mispronunciation of English have not been produced. There are several other folk and humorous etymologies for the word.\n\nOne influence on the use of the term throughout the years has been the song Yankee Doodle, which was popular at the time of the American War for Independence. Though the British intended to insult the colonials with the song, following the Battle of Concord, it was adopted by Americans as a proud retort.\n\nAn early use of the term outside the U.S. was in the creation of Sam Slick, the "Yankee Clockmaker," in a column in a newspaper in Halifax, Canada in 1835. The character was a plain-talking American who served to mock both Canadian and American customs of that era. The stories were published in a book titled The Clockmaker, in 1836. The book was popular in Canada, the U.S., and the United Kingdom.\n\nThe American Civil War\nThe use of the term was highly significant in the context of the American Civil War. It was used to refer to the soldiers and residents of the northern United States including the Midwest, Mid-Atlantic, and New England states. The term also referred to other border-states and African-American troops who fought for the Union.
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i'm not 100% sure, but i'm taking US history and we were talking about that and it comes from a spanish term very similar to the term "yankee" and i'm not entirly sure what it means or how its spelled its pronouced "yawnkee" i believe.  that was the term for the Union and since the South wasn't a part of the Union in the Civil War then i guess thats why the North was referred to as "yankees".\n\nI hope that helps.
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Well, we're the Nutmeg state, so Nutmeggers is the most common name I've heard. I've also heard people try and say Connecticutians or some variation on that, but it's pretty rare (aside from being very difficult to say!) Yankees also works, but that's generally used for all norteasterners.