Where do we get the word 'Yankee'?

Senior Moments

The derivation is uncertain but it maybe from Dutch Jan Kees (John Cheese), which was a derisive nickname used by Dutch settlers in New York (then New Amsterdam) for English Colonialists in Connecticut. Source - Brewer's Phrase and Fable May 27 02, 11:47 PM

Tabby Tom

I think Senior Moments' explanation is the most likely. But there is another theory that it was originally a Native American attempt to pronounce the word 'English'. May 28 02, 11:55 AM

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