Mancunian

English 2017 May 24 Etymology thumb|Manchester Town Hall From en la Mancunium (appearing in a 4th-century manuscript of the Antonine Itinerary), an alternative name for or corruption of la Mamucium name of the Roman fort at what is now Manchester en an, probably modelled after la-lat mancuniēnsis related or pertaining to Mancunium.Mancunian n. and adj 113277 September 2000 Pronunciation en /manˈkjuː.nɪ.ən/ /maŋ-/ RP en LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-Mancunian.wav Southern England en /mænˈkju.ni.ən/ GA en Man cu ni an en Mancunian accent needed Adjective Related or pertaining to Manchester, England, in the United Kingdom. en [John] Whitaker The True Origin of Our Present Language, Letters, Weights, and Coins—and the Positive and Comparative Prices of Things before the Conquest The History of Manchester London Printed for Joseph Johnson, Nº 72, in St. Paul's Church-yard; and J[ohn] Murray, Nº 32, Fleet-street, opposite St. Dunstan's Church 1775 book II I 237–238 https://books.google.com/books?id=yh44AQAAMAAJ&pg=PA238 639715888 Current among the Britons, the name of Manchester was equally received and retained by the Saxons. [M]oſt of the more remarkable objects about the town, at this period, exchanged their Britiſh denominations for Saxon. And even one of the rivers, even the monarch of the Mancunian currents, now reſigned up its original name of Beliſama, and received another; from the marſhes and marſhy meadows, that ſkirt its channel on both ſides in one continued line to the ſea, obtaining the deſcriptive denomination of Merſc-ey, Merſ-ey, or marſhy water. en Ian Taylor; Karen Evans; Penny Fraser ‘This Ruddy Recession’: Post-Fordism in Manchester and Sheffield A Tale of Two Cities: Global Change, Local Feeling and Everyday Life in the North of England. A Study in Manchester and Sheffield London; New York, N.Y. w:Routledge 1996 90 https://books.google.com/books?id=lKnSWduP0CoC&pg=PA90 978-0-415-13828-4 The Bridgewater Canal in Manchester during the summer months is colonised every Sunday by hundreds of Mancunian men and boys involved in angling competitions, a very traditional and gendered practice. en Sean Albiez Print the Truth, not the Legend. The Sex Pistols: Lesser Free Trade Hall, June 4, 1976 Ian Inglis Performance and Popular Music: History, Place and Time Ashgate Popular and Folk Music Series Aldershot, Hampshire; Burlington, Vt. w:Ashgate Publishing 2006 92 https://books.google.com/books?id=U92hAgAAQBAJ&pg=PA92 978-0-7546-4056-1 The Sex Pistols' first performance at Manchester's Lesser Free Trade Hall on June 4, 1976 has become widely accredited as 'year zero' in the history of Mancunian rock music. Derived terms en Mancunianism Mancunianness Translations related or pertaining to Manchester, England Catalan: ca mancunià French: fr mancunien m, fr mancunienne f Galician: gl mancuniano m Georgian: ka მანჩესტერული Hungarian: hu manchesteri Irish: ga Manchanach Manx: gv Manchuinagh Russian: ru манчестерский Spanish: es mancuniano Welsh: cy Manceiniol Noun A person raised or living in the city of Manchester, England, in the United Kingdom. en Manc en [Arthur Helps] War Friends in Council: A Series of Readings and Discourse thereon New Series 2nd London John W[illiam] Parker & Son, West Strand 1859 I 137 https://books.google.com/books?id=pb1JAQAAMAAJ&pg=PA137 316352150 But the Mancunians are of all men the most disposed to peace. Their name has become a bye-word because they are said to require peace at any price. If the Mancunians are satisfied, for Heaven's sake do not let us put it into their heads that they could gain anything by change. en S. W. Stanbury Foreword Willis J. Elwood; A. Félicité Tuxford Some Manchester Doctors: A Biographical Collection to Mark the 150th Anniversary of the Manchester Medical Society 1834–1984 Manchester; Dover, N.H. Published for the Manchester Medical Society by Manchester University Press 1984 vii https://books.google.com/books?id=eUG8AAAAIAAJ&pg=PR7 978-0-7190-1754-4 In this epitome of local medical history there is much of which any Mancunian can be proud, be he a medical man, a citizen of Greater Manchester or a member of its universities. en Sarah Ann Harris Manchester bombing prompts extraordinary messages of defiance: ‘F*ck terrorism stick the kettle on.’ http://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/entry/manchester-bombing-mancunians-defiance-in-the-face-of-terror_uk_5923f5b2e4b034684b0f6874 https://web.archive.org/web/20170523205426/http://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/entry/manchester-bombing-mancunians-defiance-in-the-face-of-terror_uk_5923f5b2e4b034684b0f6874 23 May 2017 w:HuffPost 23 May 2017 Mancunians have shown their defiance in the face of terror after a suicide bomber killed 22 people in the city on Monday night. Translations person raised or living in the city of Manchester, England Catalan: ca mancunià m, ca mancuniana f Chinese: Mandarin: cmn 曼徹斯特人 French: fr mancunien m, fr mancunienne f Georgian: ka მანჩესტერელი Hungarian: hu manchesteri Irish: ga Manchanach m Manx: gv Manchuinagh m Spanish: es mancuniano m, es mancuniana f Welsh: cy Manceiniad m Proper noun en EnglishThe accent and dialect of English spoken in Manchester and some of its environs. en Manc References Further reading Mamucium Manchester en British demonyms Greater Manchester, England