Manchester

English

St Peter's Square, Manchester, England

Etymology

The first part 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(key): /ˈman.t͡ʃɪs.tə/,[1] /ˈmæn.t͡ʃɪs.tə(ɹ)/[2]
  • (file)
  • (US) IPA(key): /ˈmæn.t͡ʃɛs.tɚ/
  • (Hong Kong) IPA(key): /mæn.ˈt͡ʃɛs.tə(ɹ)/

Proper noun

Manchester

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

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Finnish: Manse

Translations

References

  1. Oxford English Dictionary, "Manchester"
  2. Forvo, "Manchester".

German

Etymology

The fabric was primarily produced in Manchester.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈmɛnt͡ʃɛstɐ/, (fabric) /manˈʃɛstɐ/
  • (file)

Noun

Manchester m (strong, genitive Manchesters, no plural)

  1. (textiles) Synonym of Cord (corduroy)

Declension

Proper noun

Manchester n (proper noun, genitive Manchesters or (optionally with an article) Manchester)

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

Declension

Further reading

Hungarian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈmɛnt͡ʃɛstɛr]
  • Hyphenation: Man‧ches‧ter
  • Rhymes: -ɛr

Proper noun

Manchester

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

Declension

Inflection (stem in -e-, front unrounded harmony)
singular plural
nominative Manchester
accusative Manchestert
dative Manchesternek
instrumental Manchesterrel
causal-final Manchesterért
translative Manchesterré
terminative Manchesterig
essive-formal Manchesterként
essive-modal
inessive Manchesterben
superessive Manchesteren
adessive Manchesternél
illative Manchesterbe
sublative Manchesterre
allative Manchesterhez
elative Manchesterből
delative Manchesterről
ablative Manchestertől
non-attributive
possessive - singular
Manchesteré
non-attributive
possessive - plural
Manchesteréi
Possessive forms of Manchester
possessor single possession multiple possessions
1st person sing. Manchesterem
2nd person sing. Manchestered
3rd person sing. Manchestere
1st person plural Manchesterünk
2nd person plural Manchesteretek
3rd person plural Manchesterük

Derived terms

  • manchesteri

Polish

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English Manchester.

Pronunciation

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

Proper noun

Manchester m inan

  1. Manchester (a major city and metropolitan borough of Greater Manchester, in northwestern England)
  2. Manchester (name of several towns and cities in the United States)

Declension

Further reading

Portuguese

Alternative forms

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English Manchester.

Pronunciation

 
  • (Brazil) IPA(key): /mɐ̃ˈʃɛs.teʁ/ [mɐ̃ˈʃɛs.teh], /ˈmɐ̃.ʃes.teʁ/ [ˈmɐ̃.ʃes.teh]
    • (São Paulo) IPA(key): /mɐ̃ˈʃɛs.teɾ/, /ˈmɐ̃.ʃes.teɾ/
    • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA(key): /mɐ̃ˈʃɛʃ.teʁ/ [mɐ̃ˈʃɛʃ.teχ], /ˈmɐ̃.ʃeʃ.teʁ/ [ˈmɐ̃.ʃeʃ.teχ]
    • (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /mɐ̃ˈʃɛs.teɻ/, /ˈmɐ̃.ʃes.teɻ/
 

Proper noun

Manchester f

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