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Greater Manchester
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English
Proper noun
en proper noun Greater Manchester
en metropolitan county in northwest cc/England comprising the cities of Manchester and Salford, and the metropolitan boroughs of Bolton, Bury, Oldham, Rochdale, Stockport, Tameside, Trafford and Wigan. Greater Manchester borders Merseyside, Cheshire, Lancashire, West Yorkshire and Derbyshire
en 1991 Human Rights Watch Human rights in Northern Ireland 71 John Stalker, Deputy Chief Constable of Greater Manchester, England, was asked to go to Northern Ireland to investigate killings by security forces of six unarmed men in three separate incidents in a five-week period in 1982.
en 2001 Ismail Serageldin; et al Historic cities and sacred sites: cultural roots for urban futures 251 For example, of the thousand or so textile factories that survive in Greater Manchester, among the most tangible reminders of the country's leading role in the Industrial Revolution, only 100 (10 percent) are listed.
en 2004 K.K.Sharma Tourism and Regional Development 166 In the post-family phase, growth rates are less than the national average, with a degree of localised growth in the industrial towns of Greater Manchester, West Lancashire and districts of North Cheshire though not in Merseyside.
Translations
county in northwest England
Chinese:
Mandarin: cmn 大曼徹斯特
French: fr Grand Manchester m
Georgian: ka დიდი მანჩესტერი
Hindi: hi बृहत्तर मैनचेस्टर m
Polish: pl Wielki Manchester m-in
Russian: ru большой Манчестер m
Spanish: es Gran Manchester m