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]
  • Audio (UK)(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.

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/
  • Audio(file)

Noun

Manchester m (strong, genitive Manchesters, no plural)

  1. (textiles) Synonym of Cord (“corduroy”)

Declension
Declension of Manchester [sg-only, masculine, strong]
singular
indef. def. noun
nominative ein der Manchester
genitive eines des Manchesters
dative einem dem Manchester
accusative einen den Manchester

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
Declension of Manchester [sg-only, neuter, toponym]
singular
def. noun
nominative das Manchester
genitive des Manchesters, Manchester1
dative dem Manchester
accusative das Manchester

1Optionally with an article.

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/
  • Audio(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
Declension of Manchester
singular
nominative Manchester
genitive Manchesteru
dative Manchesterowi
accusative Manchester
instrumental Manchesterem
locative Manchesterze
vocative Manchesterze

Further reading
  • Manchester in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
  • Manchester in Polish dictionaries at PWN

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/
  • (Portugal) IPA(key): /mɐ̃ˈʃɛʃ.taɾ/, /mɐ̃ˈt͡ʃɛʃ.taɾ/

Proper noun

Manchester f

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