# Manhattan
## English
### Alternative forms

* (the cocktail): manhattan

### Etymology

From the earlier form Manna-hata recorded by Dutch travelers and settlers, from its name in Unami, the local Algonquian language. That name is usually taken to be a compound of Unami mënatay (“island”) or Munsee munahan (compare Abenaki manahan) and another element.
Based on a report by Anthony Heckewelder that the name Manhattan derives from the wooded area whose trees were suitable for making bows, Goddard explains the early forms Manna-hatta(n) and Mannahachtink as spellings of manaháhtaan "place for gathering the wood to make bows" and a related locative form manaháhteenk. compound of Munsee manah- (gather) + -aht (bow) + -aan (place).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /mænˈhæt.ən/
* (New York City) enPR: mənhătən, IPA: /mənˈhæt.ən/, [mn̩ˈhætn̩]
** (regional), IPA: [mn̩ˈhæʔɪ̃n̩], [mn̩ˈhæʔn̩]
** Audio (New York City):(file)

### Proper noun

Manhattan
* An indigenous people of North America who lived in present day New York State.
* Ellipsis of Borough of Manhattan.; A borough of New York City, New York, United States, mainly on Manhattan Island, coterminous with New York County.
* Ellipsis of Manhattan Island.; An island in New York, United States.
** 1865, Walt Whitman, “When Lilacs Last in the Dooryard Bloom’d”, in Sequel to Drum-Taps: When Lilacs Last in the Dooryard Bloom’d and other poems:Lo, body and soul—this land, / My own Manhattan with spires, and the sparkling and hurrying tides, and the ships, / The varied and ample land, the South and the North in the light, Ohio’s shores and flashing Missouri, / And ever the far-spreading prairies cover’d with grass and corn.
* A number of places in the United States:
** A ghost town in Larimer County, Colorado, United States.
** An unincorporated community in Manatee County, Florida, United States.
** A township in Will County, Illinois, United States.
** A village in Will County, Illinois, United States.
** An unincorporated community in Putnam County, Indiana, United States.
** A city, the county seat of Riley County, Kansas, United States.
** A town in Gallatin County, Montana, United States.
** An unincorporated town in Nye County, Nevada, United States.

#### Derived terms

* Borough of Manhattan
* Manhattan clam chowder
* Manhattanese
* Manhattan Island
* Manhattanism
* Manhattanite
* Manhattanization
* Manhattanize

#### Translations
### Noun

Manhattan (plural Manhattans)
* A cocktail made from whiskey, sweet vermouth and bitters.

#### Translations
### References

* ↑ Goddard, Ives (2010) “The Origin and Meaning of the Name 'Manhattan'”, in New York History‎

### Further reading

* Manhattan on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
* Manhattan (cocktail) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

## Dutch
### Etymology

Borrowed from English Manhattan, it in turn deriving, via Dutch, from the Unami language.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˌmɛnˈɦɛ.tən/
* Audio:(file)

### Proper noun

Manhattan ?
* Manhattan (a borough and island in New York City, New York, United States)

#### Derived terms

* Manhattan aan de Maas

### Noun

Manhattan m (plural Manhattans, diminutive Manhattantje n)
* Manhattan (cocktail)

## German
### Etymology

Borrowed from English Manhattan.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /mɛ(ː)nˈhɛtən/, [mɛnˈhɛ.tn̩], [ˌmɛːn-], [-tən]
* Audio:(file)

### Proper noun

Manhattan n (proper noun, genitive Manhattans or (optionally with an article) Manhattan)
* Manhattan (a borough and island in New York City, New York, United States)

#### Declension

$^1$Optionally with an article.

#### Derived terms

* Mainhattan

### Noun

Manhattan m (strong, genitive Manhattans or Manhattan, plural Manhattans or Manhattan)
* Manhattan (cocktail)

#### Declension
## Swedish
### Noun

Manhattan n
* Manhattan (borough of New York City)

### Noun

Manhattan c
* Manhattan (cocktail)