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Manchester
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manchester Manchéster Mánchester
English
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thumb|St Peter's Square, Manchester, England
Etymology
en :inh enm:<ety:inh<ang:Mameċeaster>>
From en ang Mameċeaster, from the original en cel-bry - name represented by Imperial la Mamucium (maybe from a word related to cel-bry-pro *mamm mother; female animal; womb, in reference to a breast-shaped hill) and en ang ċeaster Roman fort, from en la castra camp.
Pronunciation
en /ˈmæn.t͡ʃɪs.tə/ /ˈmæn.t͡ʃɛs.tə/ /ˈmæn.t͡ʃəs.tə/ UK
en en-uk-Manchester-2.ogg UK
en /ˈmæn.t͡ʃɛs.tɚ/ US
en /mænˈt͡ʃɛs.tə(ɹ)/ HK
Proper noun
en Q18125 en major city/and/metropolitan borough co/Greater Manchester in northwestern cc/England.
en 2024-08-01 Josh Halliday; Neha Gohil w:The Guardian Police in England urged to protect mosques as far right plans more rallies https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/article/2024/aug/01/police-in-england-urged-to-protect-mosques-as-far-right-plans-more-rallies In Manchester and in Aldershot in Hampshire, asylum seeker accommodation was targeted by demonstrators carrying placards that read “deport them, don’t support them” and “no apartments for illegals”. https://web.archive.org/web/20240824100854/https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/article/2024/aug/01/police-in-england-urged-to-protect-mosques-as-far-right-plans-more-rallies
en loosely Greater Manchester, the metropolitan county containing Manchester and surrounding towns.
en 2010-09-16 Margaret Puskar-Pasewicz Cultural Encyclopedia of Vegetarianism Bloomsbury Publishing USA 9780313375576 56 Metcalfe joined the Bible Christian Church at Salford, in Manchester, England, after having been a member of a Swedenborgian congregation.
en 2013-03-28 Richard Dunn 04:15 BookCountry 9781463001674 He could have stopped anywhere, but his father was born in a town called Wigan in Manchester, an area in the north of England, so it just resonated with him.
en parish c/Jamaica.
en 2026-09-07 Wade Haye Jamaicans.com Meet T’sana “Winty Quinty” Wint, the Woman Shifting Gears in Jamaican Motorsport https://jamaicans.com/meet-tsana-winty-quinty-wint-the-woman-shifting-gears-in-jamaican-motorsport/ The Manchester native is currently the only woman actively competing in Jamaican rally motorsport, having worked her way from marshalling and navigating to getting behind the wheel herself. https://web.archive.org/web/20260909001658/https://jamaicans.com/meet-tsana-winty-quinty-wint-the-woman-shifting-gears-in-jamaican-motorsport/
en town c/Bolivia.
en small community p/Nova Scotia c/Canada.
en settlement c/Suriname.
Any of several towns and cities in the United States of America:
en CDP co/Mendocino County s/California.
en town co/Hartford County s/Connecticut. TopoZone: Manchester, Connecticut
en city co/Meriwether County and co/Talbot County s/Georgia.
en village co/Scott County s/Illinois.
en twp/and/CDP therein, in co/Dearborn County s/Indiana.
en ucomm twp:Suf/Union co/Montgomery County s/Indiana.
en city/county seat co/Delaware County s/Iowa.
en tiny city co/Dickinson County s/Kansas.
en home rule city/county seat co/Clay County s/Kentucky.
en town co/Kennebec County s/Maine.
en small incorporated town co/Carroll County s/Maryland.
en town co/Essex County s/Massachusetts, in full Manchester-by-the-Sea.
en village co/Washtenaw County s/Michigan.
en tiny city co/Freeborn County s/Minnesota.
en city co/St. Louis County s/Missouri. TopoZone: Manchester, Missouri
en The largest <<city>> in <<s/New Hampshire>>, <<c/USA>> and one of the two <<county seats>> of <<co/Hillsborough County>>. TopoZone: Manchester, New Hampshire
en town/and/village co/Ontario County s/New York.
en village co/Adams County s/Ohio.
en town co/Grant County s/Oklahoma.
en borough in co/York County s/Pennsylvania.
en neighborhood city/Pittsburgh s/Pennsylvania.
en ghost town/and/former unincorporated community co/Kingsbury County s/South Dakota.
en city/county seat co/Coffee County s/Tennessee.
en community in southeastern city/Houston s/Texas.
en A <<town>> in <<s/Vermont>>, <<c/USA>> and one of the two <<shire towns>> of <<co/Bennington County>>.
en former independent city co/Chesterfield County s/Virginia, now part of the city of Richmond.
en ucomm/and/CDP co/Kitsap County s/Washington.
en town/and/ucomm co/Green Lake County s/Wisconsin.
en town co/Jackson County s/Wisconsin.
en A number of other <<townships>> in the <<c/USA>>, listed under Manchester Township.
en aircraft A type of twin-engined British bomber aircraft built by Avro during the Second World War, the forerunner to the Lancaster.
en English and Scottish.
Derived terms
en Gaychester Gunchester Manchesterist Manchestrian Manchvegas Manchester Center Manchester Shitty Greater Manchester Manchester encoding Manchester pudding Madchester Manchesterdom Manchester-by-the-Sea Manchesterism Manchesterite Manchester Parish Manchester Square Manchester Terrier Manchester Ship Canal West Manchester
Related terms
en Mancunian
Descendants
fi Manse 1
Translations
major city in the north-west of England
Amharic: am ማንችስተር
Arabic: ar مَانْشِسْتِر m mānšester, ar مَانْشِسْتَر m manšestar
Egyptian Arabic: arz مانشستر
Hijazi Arabic: acw مانتشستر f māntšistar
Armenian: hy Մանչեստր
Asturian: ast Mánchester
Azerbaijani: az Mançester
Belarusian: be Манчэстэр
Bengali: bn ম্যানচেস্টার
Bulgarian: bg Манчестър m
Burmese: my မန်ချက်စတာမြို့
Chechen: ce Манчестер
Chinese:
Cantonese: yue 曼徹斯特
Mandarin: cmn 曼徹斯特 Mànchèsītè, cmn 曼城 Mànchéng
Wu: wuu 曼彻斯特
Esperanto: eo Manĉestro
Finnish: fi Manchester
French: fr Manchester m f
Galician: gl Manchester
Georgian: ka მანჩესტერი
German: de Manchester
Greek: el Μάντσεστερ
Gujarati: gu મૅન્ચેસ્ટર
Hebrew: he מנצ׳סטר
Hindi: hi मैनचेस्टर
Hungarian: hu Manchester
Irish: ga Manchain f
Italian: it Manchester f, it Mancestria f
Japanese: ja マンチェスター Manchesutā
Kannada: kn ಮ್ಯಾಂಚೆಸ್ಟರ್
Kazakh: kk Манчестер
Khmer: km មែនឈេសទ័រ
Korean: ko ^맨체스터
Kurdish:
Central Kurdish: ckb مەنچستەر
Kyrgyz: ky Манчестер
Lao: lo ແມນເຈສເຕືອຣ໌
Latin: la Mancunium New Latin; la Mamucium Romano-British
Latvian: lv Mančestra f
Lithuanian: lt Mančesteris m
Low German:
Dutch Low Saxon: nds-nl Mesjester
Macedonian: mk Ма́нчестер m
Maithili: mai म्यानचेस्टर
Malayalam: ml മാഞ്ചസ്റ്റർ
Manx: gv Manchuin
Marathi: mr मँचेस्टर
Mazanderani: mzn منچستر
Mingrelian: xmf მანჩესტერი
Mongolian: mn Манчестер
Nepali: ne म्यानचेस्टर
Norman: nrf Manchêtre
Old English: ang Mameċeaster
Ossetian: os Манчестер
Pahari-Potwari: phr مَنْچَسْٹَر m
Persian: fa منچستر mančester
Polish: pl Manchester m
Portuguese: pt Manchester f
Punjabi:
Gurmukhi: pa ਮਾਨਚੈਸਟਰ m
Shahmukhi: pa مانْچَسْٹَر m
Western Punjabi: pnb مانچسٹر
Russian: ru Манче́стер m
Sinhalese: si මැඤ්චෙස්ටර්
Spanish: es Mánchester m
Swedish: sv Manchester n
Tagalog: tl Mantsester
Tamil: ta மான்செஸ்டர்
Tatar: tt Mançester
Telugu: te మాంచెస్టర్
Thai: th แมนเชสเตอร์
Turkish: tr Manchester
Ukrainian: uk Манче́стер m
Urdu: ur مانچسٹر m māncisṭar
Uyghur: ug Manchéstér, ug مانچەستەر
Veps: vep Mančester
Vietnamese: vi Man-chét-xtơ
Welsh: cy Manceinion f
Yiddish: yi מאַנטשעסטער
References
German
Etymology
The fabric was primarily produced in Manchester.
Pronunciation
de /ˈmɛnt͡ʃɛstɐ/ /manˈʃɛstɐ/ fabric
de De-Manchester.ogg <<Germany>> (<<Berlin>>)
Noun
m.sg
de textiles de Cord corduroy
de 1999 Rudolf Lorenzen Cake Walk, oder, Eine katalanische Reise in die Anarchie Rotbuch Verlag 245 https://books.google.com/books?id=A34hAQAAIAAJ&q=%22K%C3%BCnstlertuch%22&dq=%22K%C3%BCnstlertuch%22&hl=&cd=14&source=gbs_api Ihren Begleiter, einen vierschrötigen Kerl mit vorstehendem Unterkiefer, in abgewetztem braunem Manchester, um den Hals ein Künstlertuch geplustert, behandelt der Matrose weniger wohlwollend.
Declension
m.sg
Proper noun
toponym
de major city/and/metropolitan borough co/Greater Manchester in northwestern cc/England Manchester
Declension
toponym
Further reading
de
Manchester_Stadt Manchester (Stadt)
Manchester_Stoff_Gewebe Manchester (Stoff, Gewebe)
de terms derived from toponyms
Hungarian
hu:
Pronunciation
mencseszter
hu Man ches ter
hu ɛr 3
Proper noun
hu proper noun
hu major city/and/metropolitan borough co/Greater Manchester in northwestern cc/England Manchester
Declension
Manchestere e - sgManchester ei sg
Derived terms
hu manchesteri
Polish
pl:
Alternative forms
pl Manczester
Etymology
pl :ubor en:Manchester + 1
Pronunciation
'man.cze.ster,'men.cze.ster,Manczester<a:colloquial>,Menczester LL-Q809 (pol)-Poemat-Manchester.wav Man.ches.ter
Proper noun
m-in
pl major city/and/metropolitan borough co/Greater Manchester in northwestern cc/England Manchester
pl name of several <<towns>> and <<cities>> in the <<c/USA>> Manchester
Declension
s
Further reading
Portuguese
pt:
Alternative forms
pt Manchéster
Etymology
pt :ubor en:Manchester + 1
Pronunciation
manchéster,mânchester manchéstar,mantshéstar
pt ɛsteɾ ɛʃtaɾ 3
pt Man ches ter
Proper noun
f
pt Manchester Q18125