Manchester
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈmæn.t͡ʃɪs.tə/
ipa: /ˈmæn.t͡ʃɛs.tə/
ipa: /ˈmæn.t͡ʃəs.tə/
ipa: /ˈmæn.t͡ʃɛs.tɚ/
ipa: /mænˈt͡ʃɛs.tə(ɹ)/
Etymology: From Old English Mameċeaster, from the original Brythonic name represented by Imperial Latin Mamucium (maybe from a word related to Proto-Brythonic *mamm (“mother; female animal; womb”), in reference to a breast-shaped hill) and Old English ċeaster (“Roman fort”), from Latin castra (“camp”).
Senses: examples: text: 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”.
ref: 2024 August 1, Josh Halliday, Neha Gohil, “Police in England urged to protect mosques as far right plans more rallies”, in The Guardian:
glosses: A major city and metropolitan borough of Greater Manchester, in northwestern England.
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An unincorporated community in Manchester Township, Dearborn County, Indiana.
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A town in Essex County, Massachusetts, in full Manchester-by-the-Sea.
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A town in Jackson County, Wisconsin.
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A number of townships in the United States, listed under Manchester Township.
qualifier: aircraft
glosses: A type of twin-engined British bomber aircraft built by Avro during the Second World War, the forerunner to the Lancaster.
glosses: An English and Scottish surname.
Derived terms: Greater Manchester
Madchester
Manchester-by-the-Sea
Manchesterdom
Manchester encoding
Manchesterism
Manchesterite
Manchester Parish
Manchester pudding
Manchester Ship Canal
Manchester Shitty
Manchester Terrier
West Manchester
Related terms: Mancunian