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yankees

/jˈæŋkiz/

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.93 in modern English

Syllables
yan-kees
IPA
/jˈæŋkiz/
14
Scrabble Score
7
Letters
2
Syllables
6
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

plural of Yankee

name

The team New York Yankees.

noun

plural of yankee

Inflected Forms

the Yankees (canonical)

Questions

How do you pronounce yankees?
The recorded pronunciation is /jˈæŋkiz/.
What does yankees mean?
plural of Yankee

How to pronounce yankees

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