First Known Use: 1928
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yanqui
noun, yan·qui often capitalized \ˈyäŋ-kē\
Definition of YANQUI
: a citizen of the United States as distinguished from a Latin American
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Origin of YANQUI
Spanish, from English 1Yankee
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