# Manchester
## English
### Etymology

From Old English Mameċeaster. The first element may be from a word related to Breton mamm (“mother; female animal; womb”), in reference to a breast-shaped hill. The second part is known to be from Old English ceaster, from Latin castra (“camp”).

### Pronunciation

* (UK) IPA: /ˈmæn.t͡ʃɪs.tə/, /ˈmæn.t͡ʃɛs.tə/, /ˈmæn.t͡ʃəs.tə/
** Audio (UK):(file)
* (US) IPA: /ˈmæn.t͡ʃɛs.tɚ/
* (Hong Kong) IPA: /mænˈt͡ʃɛs.tə(ɹ)/

### Proper noun

Manchester
* A major city and metropolitan borough of Greater Manchester, in northwestern England.
* A parish of Jamaica.
* A town in Bolivia.
* A small community of Nova Scotia, Canada.
* A settlement in Suriname.
* Any of several towns and cities in the United States of America:
** A census-designated place in Mendocino County, California.
** A town in Hartford County, Connecticut.
** A city in Meriwether County and Talbot County, Georgia.
** A village in Scott County, Illinois.
** An unincorporated community in Manchester Township, Dearborn County, Indiana.
** An unincorporated community in Union Township, Montgomery County, Indiana.
** A city, the county seat of Delaware County, Iowa.
** A tiny city in Dickinson County, Kansas.
** A home rule city, the county seat of Clay County, Kentucky.
** A town in Kennebec County, Maine.
** A small incorporated town in Carroll County, Maryland.
** A town in Essex County, Massachusetts, in full Manchester-by-the-Sea.
** A village in Washtenaw County, Michigan.
** A tiny city in Freeborn County, Minnesota.
** A city in St. Louis County, Missouri.
** The largest city in New Hampshire, United States and one of the two county seats of Hillsborough County.
** A town and village in Ontario County, New York.
** A village in Adams County, Ohio.
** A town in Grant County, Oklahoma.
** A borough of York County, Pennsylvania.
** A neighborhood of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
** A ghost town and former unincorporated community in Kingsbury County, South Dakota.
** A city, the county seat of Coffee County, Tennessee.
** A community in southeastern Houston, Texas.
** A town in Vermont, United States and one of the two shire towns of Bennington County.
** A former independent city in Chesterfield County, Virginia, now part of the city of Richmond.
** An unincorporated community and census-designated place in Kitsap County, Washington.
** A town and unincorporated community in Green Lake County, Wisconsin.
** A town in Jackson County, Wisconsin.
** A number of townships in the United States, listed under Manchester Township.
* (aircraft) A type of twin-engined British bomber aircraft built by Avro during the Second World War, the forerunner to the Lancaster.
* An English and Scottish surname.

#### Derived terms

* Greater Manchester
* Madchester
* Manchesterdom
* Manchester encoding
* Manchesterism
* Manchesterite
* Manchester Parish
* Manchester pudding
* Manchester Ship Canal
* Manchester Terrier
* West Manchester

#### Related terms

* Mancunian

#### Descendants

* → Finnish: Manse

#### Translations
### References
## German
### Etymology

The fabric was primarily produced in Manchester.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈmɛnt͡ʃɛstɐ/, (fabric) /manˈʃɛstɐ/
* Audio:(file)

### Noun

Manchester m (strong, genitive Manchesters, no plural)
* (textiles) Synonym of Cord (“corduroy”)
** 1999, Rudolf Lorenzen, Cake Walk, oder, Eine katalanische Reise in die Anarchie, Rotbuch Verlag, page 245:Ihren Begleiter, einen vierschrötigen Kerl mit vorstehendem Unterkiefer, in abgewetztem braunem Manchester, um den Hals ein Künstlertuch geplustert, behandelt der Matrose weniger wohlwollend.(please add an English translation of this quotation)

#### Declension
### Proper noun

Manchester n (proper noun, genitive Manchesters or (optionally with an article) Manchester)
* Manchester (a major city and metropolitan borough of Greater Manchester, in northwestern England).

#### Declension

$^1$Optionally with an article.

### Further reading

* “Manchester” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
* Manchester on the German Wikipedia.Wikipedia $^{de}$
* “Manchester (Stadt)” in Duden online
* “Manchester (Stoff, Gewebe)” in Duden online

## Hungarian
### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈmɛnt͡ʃɛstɛr]
* Hyphenation: Man‧ches‧ter
* Rhymes: -ɛr

### Proper noun

Manchester
* Manchester (a major city and metropolitan borough of Greater Manchester, in northwestern England)

#### Derived terms

* manchesteri

## Polish
### Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English Manchester.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈman.t͡ʂɛ.stɛr/, /ˈmɛn.t͡ʂɛ.stɛr/, (colloquial) /manˈt͡ʂɛs.tɛr/, /mɛnˈt͡ʂɛs.tɛr/
* Audio:(file)
* Rhymes: -ant͡ʂɛstɛr, -ɛnt͡ʂɛstɛr, -ɛstɛr
* Syllabification: Man‧ches‧ter

### Proper noun

Manchester m inan
* Manchester (a major city and metropolitan borough of Greater Manchester, in northwestern England)
* Manchester (name of several towns and cities in the United States)

#### Declension
### Further reading

* Manchester in Polish dictionaries at PWN

## Portuguese
### Alternative forms

* Manchéster

### Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English Manchester.

### Pronunciation

* (Brazil) IPA: /mɐ̃ˈʃɛs.teʁ/ [mɐ̃ˈʃɛs.teh], /ˈmɐ̃.ʃes.teʁ/ [ˈmɐ̃.ʃes.teh]
* (Brazil) IPA: /mɐ̃ˈʃɛs.teʁ/ [mɐ̃ˈʃɛs.teh], /ˈmɐ̃.ʃes.teʁ/ [ˈmɐ̃.ʃes.teh]
** (São Paulo) IPA: /mɐ̃ˈʃɛs.teɾ/, /ˈmɐ̃.ʃes.teɾ/
** (Rio de Janeiro) IPA: /mɐ̃ˈʃɛʃ.teʁ/ [mɐ̃ˈʃɛʃ.teχ], /ˈmɐ̃.ʃeʃ.teʁ/ [ˈmɐ̃.ʃeʃ.teχ]
** (Southern Brazil) IPA: /mɐ̃ˈʃɛs.teɻ/, /ˈmɐ̃.ʃes.teɻ/
* (Portugal) IPA: /mɐ̃ˈʃɛʃ.taɾ/, /mɐ̃ˈt͡ʃɛʃ.taɾ/
* (Portugal) IPA: /mɐ̃ˈʃɛʃ.taɾ/, /mɐ̃ˈt͡ʃɛʃ.taɾ/
** (Northern Portugal) IPA: /mɐ̃ˈt͡ʃɛʃ.taɾ/

### Proper noun

Manchester f
* Manchester (a major city and metropolitan borough of Greater Manchester, in northwestern England)