Manchester

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See also: manchester, Manchéster, and Mánchester

English

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English Wikipedia has an article on:
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St Peter's Square, Manchester, England

Etymology

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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

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  • (UK) IPA(key): /ˈmɑːn.t͡ʃɪs.tə/,[1] /ˈmæn.t͡ʃɪs.tə(ɹ)/[2]
  • Audio (UK):(file)
  • (US) IPA(key): /ˈmæn.t͡ʃɛs.tɚ/
  • (Hong Kong) IPA(key): /mænˈt͡ʃɛs.tə(ɹ)/

Proper noun

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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 of 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

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Descendants

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  • → Finnish: Manse

Translations

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References

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

German

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Etymology

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The fabric was primarily produced in Manchester.

Pronunciation

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

Noun

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Manchester m (strong, genitive Manchesters, no plural)

  1. (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

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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

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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

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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

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Hungarian

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Hungarian Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia hu

Pronunciation

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

Proper noun

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Manchester

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

Declension

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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

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Polish

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Polish Wikipedia has an article on:
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Etymology

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Unadapted borrowing from English Manchester.

Pronunciation

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Proper noun

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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

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Declension of Manchester
singular
nominative Manchester
genitive Manchesteru
dative Manchesterowi
accusative Manchester
instrumental Manchesterem
locative Manchesterze
vocative Manchesterze

Further reading

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Portuguese

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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Unadapted borrowing from English Manchester.

Pronunciation

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  • (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

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Manchester f

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