Manchester en · PROPN
Pronunciation
- /mænˈt͡ʃɛs.tə(ɹ)/ (Hong-Kong)
- /ˈmæn.t͡ʃɛs.tə/ (UK)
- /ˈmæn.t͡ʃɪs.tə/ (UK)
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- /ˈmæn.t͡ʃəs.tə/ (UK)
- /ˈmæn.t͡ʃɛs.tɚ/ (US)
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”).
Meanings
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A major city and metropolitan borough of Greater Manchester, in northwestern England.
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”.
2024 August 1, Josh Halliday, Neha Gohil, “Police in England urged to protect mosques as far right plans more rallies”, in The Guardian, archived from the original on 24 Aug 2024:
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(broadly) Greater Manchester, the metropolitan county containing Manchester and surrounding towns.
Metcalfe joined the Bible Christian Church at Salford, in Manchester, England, after having been a member of a Swedenborgian congregation.
2010 September 16, Margaret Puskar-Pasewicz, Cultural Encyclopedia of Vegetarianism, Bloomsbury Publishing USA, →ISBN, page 56:He could have stopped anywhere, but his father was born in a town called Wigan in Manchester, an area in the north of England, so it just resonated with him.
2013 March 28, Richard Dunn, 04:15, BookCountry, →ISBN:
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- An English and Scottish surname.
Deriveds
Manchester encoding · Manchester Parish · Manchester Square · Greater Manchester · Manchesterdom · Manchester Ship Canal · Manchester pudding · Manchesterite · West Manchester · Manchester Center · Manchester Shitty · Madchester · Manchesterism · Manchester Terrier · Manchester-by-the-Sea
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Translations (80)
ja マンチェスター (major city in the north-west of England) · cmn 曼城 (major city in the north-west of England) · yue 曼徹斯特 /曼彻斯特 (major city in the north-west of England) · pnb مانچسٹر (major city in the north-west of England) · fi Manchester (major city in the north-west of England) · lo ແມນເຈສເຕືອຣ໌ (major city in the north-west of England) · mr मँचेस्टर (major city in the north-west of England) · pa مانْچَسْٹَر (major city in the north-west of England) · lt Mančesteris (major city in the north-west of England) · ckb مەنچستەر (major city in the north-west of England) · acw مانتشستر (major city in the north-west of England) · vep Mančester (major city in the north-west of England) · eo Manĉestro (major city in the north-west of England) · mzn منچستر (major city in the north-west of England) · la Mancunium (major city in the north-west of England) · tt Mançester (major city in the north-west of England) · lv Mančestra (major city in the north-west of England) · kn ಮ್ಯಾಂಚೆಸ್ಟರ್ (major city in the north-west of England) · arz مانشستر (major city in the north-west of England) · az Mançester (major city in the north-west of England) · hy Մանչեստր (major city in the north-west of England) · ast Mánchester (major city in the north-west of England) · bn ম্যানচেস্টার (major city in the north-west of England) · vi Man-chét-xtơ (major city in the north-west of England) · ga Manchain (major city in the north-west of England) · de Manchester (major city in the north-west of England) · gu મૅન્ચેસ્ટર (major city in the north-west of England) · el Μάντσεστερ (major city in the north-west of England) · wuu 曼彻斯特 (major city in the north-west of England) · cmn 曼徹斯特 /曼彻斯特 (major city in the north-west of England) · ar مَانْشِسْتِر (major city in the north-west of England) · tr Manchester (major city in the north-west of England) · fr Manchester (major city in the north-west of England) · it Mancestria (major city in the north-west of England) · he מנצ׳סטר (major city in the north-west of England) · ce Манчестер (major city in the north-west of England) · ang Mameċeaster (major city in the north-west of England) · bg Манчестър (major city in the north-west of England) · ka მანჩესტერი (major city in the north-west of England) · my မန်ချက်စတာမြို့ (major city in the north-west of England) · hu Manchester (major city in the north-west of England) · th แมนเชสเตอร์ (major city in the north-west of England) · la Mamucium (major city in the north-west of England) · km មែនឈេសទ័រ (major city in the north-west of England) · ar مَانْشِسْتَر (major city in the north-west of England) · tl Mantsester (major city in the north-west of England) · si මැඤ්චෙස්ටර් (major city in the north-west of England) · ta மான்செஸ்டர் (major city in the north-west of England) · ml മാഞ്ചസ്റ്റർ (major city in the north-west of England) · cy Manceinion (major city in the north-west of England) · ne म्यानचेस्टर (major city in the north-west of England) · xmf მანჩესტერი (major city in the north-west of England) · sv Manchester (major city in the north-west of England) · nrf Manchêtre (major city in the north-west of England) · mai म्यानचेस्टर (major city in the north-west of England) · be Манчэстэр (major city in the north-west of England) · te మాంచెస్టర్ (major city in the north-west of England) · am ማንችስተር (major city in the north-west of England) · it Manchester (major city in the north-west of England) · ko 맨체스터 (major city in the north-west of England) · pa ਮਾਨਚੈਸਟਰ (major city in the north-west of England) · es Mánchester (major city in the north-west of England) · fa منچستر (major city in the north-west of England) · ru Манче́стер (major city in the north-west of England) · yi מאַנטשעסטער (major city in the north-west of England) · gl Manchester (major city in the north-west of England) · pt Manchester (major city in the north-west of England) · mk Ма́нчестер (major city in the north-west of England) · ug مانچەستەر (major city in the north-west of England) · phr مَنْچَسْٹَر (major city in the north-west of England) · ug Manchéstér (major city in the north-west of England) · hi मैनचेस्टर (major city in the north-west of England) · mn Манчестер (major city in the north-west of England) · pl Manchester (major city in the north-west of England) · ky Манчестер (major city in the north-west of England) · gv Manchuin (major city in the north-west of England) · uk Манче́стер (major city in the north-west of England) · kk Манчестер (major city in the north-west of England) · os Манчестер (major city in the north-west of England) · ur مانچسٹر (major city in the north-west of England)