Vocabulary : Yama to Yankeeism

Yama : The king of the infernal regions, corresponding to the Greek Pluto, and also the judge of departed souls. In later times he is more exclusively considered the dire judge of all, and the tormentor of the wicked. He is represented as of a green color, with red garments, having a crown on his head, his eyes inflamed, and sitting on a buffalo, with a club and noose in his hands.
Yamen : In China, the official headquarters or residence of a mandarin, including court rooms, offices, gardens, prisons, etc.; the place where the business of any public department is transcated.
Yamma : The llama.
Yamp : An umbelliferous plant (Carum Gairdneri); also, its small fleshy roots, which are eaten by the Indians from Idaho to California.
Yang : The cry of the wild goose; a honk. ;; To make the cry of the wild goose.

Yank : A jerk or twitch. ;; To twitch; to jerk. ;; An abbreviation of Yankee.
Yanked : of Yank
Yankee : A nickname for a native or citizen of New England, especially one descended from old New England stock; by extension, an inhabitant of the Northern States as distinguished from a Southerner; also, applied sometimes by foreigners to any inhabitant of the United States. ;; Of or pertaining to a Yankee; characteristic of the Yankees.
Yankee-Doodle : The name of a tune adopted popularly as one of the national airs of the United States. ;; Humorously, a Yankee.
Yankeeism : A Yankee idiom, word, custom, or the like.

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