Synonyms for Yankee (same or very similar meaning)
WordNet sense 1 (an American who lives in the North (especially during the American Civil War)):
northerner, yank
WordNet sense 2 (an American who lives in New England):
New Englander
WordNet sense 3 (an American (especially to non-Americans)):
Yankee-Doodle
WordNet sense 4 (in or characteristic of a region of the United States north of (approximately) the Mason-Dixon line):
northern
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