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2024-07-04 09:34:26 UTC - HELPFUL
Rated by Participant: AC1F973F041FBCFDB7DE41A41A324B870B1E25DDBE4DAF2B3C09DAE5BE8E4869
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Although the original term "Yankee" referred specifically to Northeasterners, the term has become a synecdoche, or "pars pro toto," where a part of something is used to refer to the whole thing: e.g. referring to the Netherlands as "Holland" or the United Kingdom as "England.' https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pars_pro_toto#Demonyms_and_ethnic_groups
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