There are more possibilities than you might think—it could’ve originated as an insult, a nickname, or a mispronunciation.
, was painted by Ohio native Archibald M. Willard. In the song, “Yankee” is believed to be an British taunt to American colonists—but the rhyme could have much earlier roots.It’s been a staggering 121 years since the National League and American League partnered up to form Major League Baseball—now one of the world’s oldest professional sports leagues—and the New York Yankees have been a part of it from the very start.
The Dutch settlement in America originally called New Netherlands eventually became what we know as New England, so those from more Southern areas would likely have adopted “Janke” to refer to any of the northeastern Dutch—and not always in a friendly manner.by Sara Jeannette Duncan explicitly states, “The Yankees are the New Englanders…the name would once have been taken as an insult.
In 1789, a British officer named Thomas Anburey, who served during the Revolution, wrote that he believed the word “Yankee” was a bastardization of the Cherokee word, meaning “coward” or “slave.” Anburey said it was adopted by Virginians who used it to insult New Englanders because they refused to help them during their battles with Native tribes.
Although you can question Dillard’s timeline a bit—as we’ve seen, references to “Yankees” date back to the 17century, and the first documented Chinese immigrants began arriving in the late 1840s —he does present an interesting sidenote.
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