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The term "'''Yankee'''" and its contracted form "'''Yank'''" have several interrelated meanings, all referring to people from the [[United States]]. Its various senses depend on the scope of context. Most broadly:

* Outside the United States, "Yank" is used informally to refer to any American, including Southerners.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.bbcamerica.com/mind-the-gap/2013/01/24/10-things-brits-dont-realize-are-offensive-to-americans/ |title=<nowiki>10 Things That Brits Don’t Realize Are Offensive to Americans | Mind The Gap | BBC America</nowiki>}}</ref>
* Within the United States, it usually refers to people from the north, largely those from the [[Northeastern United States|northeast]], but especially those with [[New England]] cultural ties, such as descendants from colonial New England settlers, wherever they live.<ref name=ruth>{{cite journal|author=Ruth Schell|jstor=453288|title=Swamp Yankee|journal= American Speech| volume= 38|issue=2 |year=1963|pages=121–123|doi=10.2307/453288}}</ref> Its sense is more cultural than literally geographic. The speech dialect of New England is called "Yankee" or "Yankee dialect."<ref>{{cite book|author=Robert Hendrickson|title=The Facts on File Dictionary of American Regionalisms|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=yXY0yQnvmmUC&pg=PA326|year=2000|publisher=Infobase |page=326}}</ref> Within New England itself, the term "Yankee" refers specifically to old-stock New Englanders of English descent.
* Within Southern American English, "Yankee" refers to [[Northern United States|Northerners]], or those from the regions of the Union side of the [[American Civil War]].

The informal [[British]] and [[Irish]] "Yank" is especially popular among Britons and Australians and sometimes carries pejorative overtones.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/british/yank_2#yank_2__3 |title=Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary Online |publisher=Cambridge University Press}}</ref> The Southern American English "Yankee" is typically uncontracted and at least mildly pejorative, although less vehemently so as time passes from the [[American Civil War]].

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