Yankeeland

[ yang-kee-land ]

noun

1. Chiefly Southern U.S. the northern states of the U.S.
2. Chiefly British. the U.S.
3. Chiefly Northern U.S. New England.

Word History and Origins

Origin of Yankeeland¹

An Americanism dating back to 1780–90; Yankee + land

Example Sentences

“We have a lot of quality, young, hungry, talented players, and we still have some veterans mixed in here, and I think if we stay healthy and perform up to our capabilities, I think we can start writing a new chapter in Yankeeland.”

From Washington Times

Keller continued the Yankeeland breeding farm started by his late father, Charles Keller Jr., the New York Yankees outfielder who played alongside Joe DiMaggio.

From Washington Times

For conspiracy theorists in the Bronx, the bloody sock was the ketchup sock—a kind of paranoid delusion in Yankeeland that only made the whole thing sweeter for Sox fans.

From The New Yorker

I hope they see this in Obama’s fascist Yankeeland.

From The Guardian

Well, that would be everywhere except in Yankeeland — which is mostly in New York, but we believe Yankees fans have colonized other parts of the solar system too — where Mariano Rivera reported early and dropped Steinbrenner ego-size hints that this will be his last season and oh my gosh, can we really start panicking in February?!

From New York Times