Manhattan

See also: manhattan

English
Manhattan island

Alternative forms

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).[1]

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /mænˈhæt.ən/
  • (NYC) enPR: mənhătən, IPA(key): /mənˈhæt.ən/, [mn̩ˈhætn̩]
    • Audio (NYC, US)(file)

Proper noun

Manhattan

  1. An indigenous people of North America who lived in present day New York State.
  2. Ellipsis of Borough of Manhattan.; A borough of New York City, New York, United States, mainly on Manhattan Island, coterminous with New York County.
  3. 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.
  4. A city, the county seat of Riley County, Kansas, United States.
  5. A town in Gallatin County, Montana, United States.

Derived terms

Translations

Noun

Manhattan (plural Manhattans)

  1. A cocktail made from whiskey, sweet vermouth and bitters.
  2. Short for Manhattan special (sex act).

Translations

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

Further reading

Dutch

Etymology

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

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˌmɛnˈɦɛ.tən/
  • Audio(file)

Proper noun

Manhattan ?

  1. Manhattan (a borough and island in New York City, New York, United States)

Derived terms

Noun

Manhattan m (plural Manhattans, diminutive Manhattantje n)

  1. Manhattan (cocktail)

German

Etymology

Borrowed from English Manhattan.

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

Proper noun

Manhattan n (proper noun, genitive Manhattans or (optionally with an article) Manhattan)

  1. Manhattan (a borough and island in New York City, New York, United States)

Declension
Declension of Manhattan [sg-only, neuter, toponym]
singular
def. noun
nominative das Manhattan
genitive des Manhattans, Manhattan1
dative dem Manhattan
accusative das Manhattan

1Optionally with an article.

Derived terms

Noun

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

  1. Manhattan (cocktail)

Declension
Declension of Manhattan [masculine, strong]
singular plural
indef. def. noun def. noun
nominative ein der Manhattan die Manhattans, Manhattan
genitive eines des Manhattans, Manhattan der Manhattans, Manhattan
dative einem dem Manhattan den Manhattans, Manhattan
accusative einen den Manhattan die Manhattans, Manhattan

Swedish

Noun

Manhattan n

  1. Manhattan (borough of New York City)

Noun

Manhattan c

  1. Manhattan (cocktail)
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