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yankee meaning in Tamil

யான்கி

/ˈjæŋ.ki/

yankee in Tamil: யான்கி, யான்கீ. In English, yankee means a headsail resembling a genoa or a jib but with a high-cut clew, normally used together with a staysail. A sailing boat is typically equipped with three yankee sails of different sizes, number one being the largest.

Tamil words for yankee

யான்கி, யான்கீ

English meaning of yankee

  1. noun A headsail resembling a genoa or a jib but with a high-cut clew, normally used together with a staysail. A sailing boat is typically equipped with three yankee sails of different sizes, number one being the largest.

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Questions about yankee in Tamil

What is the meaning of yankee in Tamil?
Yankee in Tamil is யான்கி, யான்கீ.
yankee என்பதன் தமிழ் அர்த்தம் என்ன?
Yankee: யான்கி, யான்கீ.
What does yankee mean in English?
Yankee means a headsail resembling a genoa or a jib but with a high-cut clew, normally used together with a staysail. A sailing boat is typically equipped with three yankee sails of different sizes, number one being the largest.

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Tamil words: machine translation by IndicTrans2 (AI4Bharat, MIT license), kept only when it translates back to “yankee”. English meanings adapted from Wiktionary: yankee (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the Tamil words and English meanings and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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