yanqui

[yahng-kee]

noun

(often initial capital letter)

plural

yanquis 

1. (in Latin America) Yankee; a citizen of the U.S.

Example Sentences

The authorities said that in the ensuing shootout, one person in the vehicle, Yanqui Kothan Gómez Peralta, 23, was shot in the head by the police and later died in a hospital.

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For years, the government strictly limited the use of the U.S. dollar, long portrayed as an instrument of Yanqui imperialism.

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When she heard the doors of the big green yanqui car shut and the tourist start the engine, she slid forward, scraping her back on the rough white stucco.

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He was a yanqui citizen, and by marrying him, she had become one too.

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Though she had not lifted her eyes at the tourists, Lupita could hear their voices talking the harsh-sounding yanqui language that was full of strange noises.

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