Etymology: L, nomen, name, clamare, to call. a consistent, systematic method of naming used in a scientific discipline to denote classifications and avoid ambiguities in names, such as binomial nomenclature in biology and chemical nomenclature in chemistry.
To Easterners, a Yankee is a New Englander. To New Englanders, a Yankee is a Vermonter. And in Vermont, a Yankee is somebody who eats pie for breakfast.. This quote sums up pretty well how Yankees is really a contextual phrase.
Yankee. n. 1. (Peoples) a native or inhabitant of the US; American. 2. (Peoples) a native or inhabitant of New England. 3. (Historical Terms) a native or inhabitant of the Northern US, esp a Northern soldier in the Civil War. 4. (Telecommunications) communications a code word for the letter y. 5.