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Manhattan en · NOUN
Pronunciation
- /mənˈhætn̩/ (New-York-City)
- (New-York-City) audio
- [mn̩ˈhæʔn̩] (US, regional)
- /mænˈhætn̩/ (General-American)
- (General-American) audio
- [mænˈhæʔn̩] (General-American)
- mənhătən (New-York-City)
- [mn̩ˈhæʔɪ̃n̩] (US, regional)
- [mn̩ˈhætn̩] (New-York-City)
- /mænˈhætn̩/ (Received-Pronunciation)
Etymology
From the earlier form Manna-hata recorded by Dutch travelers and settlers, from its name in Unami, the local Algonquian language. The name generally understood to be a compound of Unami mënatay (“island”) or Munsee munahan (compare Abenaki manahan) with another element.
According to a report by John Heckewelder, the name is connected to a wooded area whose trees were suitable for making bows. Linguist Ives Goddard explains the early forms Manna-hatta(n) and Mannahachtink as spellings of Munsee manaháhtaan (“place for gathering the wood to make bows”) and its related locative form manaháhteenk. This interpretation breaks down the word as a compound of manah- (“gather”) + -aht (“bow”) + -aan (“place”).
Meanings
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A cocktail made from whiskey, sweet vermouth and bitters.
Manhattan. Dry Manhattan on the rocks.
1980, Paul Schrader, American Gigolo, spoken by Julian Kaye (Richard Gere):
Forms
Deriveds
Vanhattan
Translations (9)
yue 曼赫頓 /曼赫顿 (cocktail) · yue 曼克頓 /曼克顿 (cocktail) · cmn 曼哈頓 /曼哈顿 (cocktail) · fi manhattan (cocktail) · ru манхэ́ттен (cocktail) · cmn 曼赫頓 /曼赫顿 (cocktail) · mr मॅनहॅटन (cocktail) · bg манхатън (cocktail) · ta மதுக்கலவை (cocktail)
wikipedia: John Heckewelder · wikipedia: Ives Goddard
Manhattan en · PROPN
Pronunciation
- /mənˈhætn̩/ (New-York-City)
- (New-York-City) audio
- [mn̩ˈhæʔn̩] (US, regional)
- /mænˈhætn̩/ (General-American)
- (General-American) audio
- [mænˈhæʔn̩] (General-American)
- mənhătən (New-York-City)
- [mn̩ˈhæʔɪ̃n̩] (US, regional)
- [mn̩ˈhætn̩] (New-York-City)
- /mænˈhætn̩/ (Received-Pronunciation)
Etymology
From the earlier form Manna-hata recorded by Dutch travelers and settlers, from its name in Unami, the local Algonquian language. The name generally understood to be a compound of Unami mënatay (“island”) or Munsee munahan (compare Abenaki manahan) with another element.
According to a report by John Heckewelder, the name is connected to a wooded area whose trees were suitable for making bows. Linguist Ives Goddard explains the early forms Manna-hatta(n) and Mannahachtink as spellings of Munsee manaháhtaan (“place for gathering the wood to make bows”) and its related locative form manaháhteenk. This interpretation breaks down the word as a compound of manah- (“gather”) + -aht (“bow”) + -aan (“place”).
Meanings
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An indigenous people of North America who lived in present day New York State.
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A borough of New York City, New York, United States, mainly on Manhattan Island; in full, Borough of Manhattan.
Near-synonyms: New York County, County of New York (coterminous)
Meronyms: Harlem, Upper West Side, Upper East Side, Lower East Side, Madison Avenue, Wall Street, World Trade Center, Battery
Holonyms: New York < New York < United States < North America < Earth, World
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An island of New York, United States; in full, Manhattan Island.
Adam Gopnik has, by many accounts, including his own, a lovely life. A longtime staff writer for the New Yorker and bestselling author, Gopnik lives in Manhattan with his wife, Martha, a film-maker, and their two children, and he moves in the kind of circles that allow him to drop casual lines into conversation such as: “As John Updike once said to me …”, although he has the nervy Jewish self-consciousness to follow that with “… if you’ll forgive the namedrop.”
2017 December 8, Hadley Freeman, “Adam Gopnik: ‘You’re waltzing along and suddenly you’re portrayed as a monster of privilege’”, in The Guardian: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.
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:
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A number of places in the United States: ▸ A ghost town in Larimer County, Colorado, United States.
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A number of places in the United States: ▸ An unincorporated community in Manatee County, Florida, United States.
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A number of places in the United States: ▸ A township in Will County, Illinois, United States.
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A number of places in the United States: ▸ A village in Will County, Illinois, United States.
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A number of places in the United States: ▸ An unincorporated community in Putnam County, Indiana, United States.
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A number of places in the United States: ▸ A city, the county seat of Riley County, Kansas, United States.
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A number of places in the United States: ▸ A town in Gallatin County, Montana, United States.
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A number of places in the United States: ▸ An unincorporated community in Nye County, Nevada, United States.
Forms
Deriveds
Manhattan Island · Manhattan distance · Manhattan clam chowder · Borough of Manhattan · Manhattan Bridge · Manhattan Beach · Manhattanese · Manhattanize · Manhattanism · Manhattanite · Manhattanization
Synonyms
County of New York · New York County
Translations (26)
vi Manhattan (borough) · yue 曼克頓 /曼克顿 (tribe) · ka მანჰეტენი (borough) · yue 曼赫頓 /曼赫顿 (tribe) · tr Manhattan (borough) · bg Манхатън (borough) · cmn 曼哈頓 /曼哈顿 (borough) · fi manhattan (tribe) · ru манхэ́ттен (tribe) · cmn 曼赫頓 /曼赫顿 (tribe) · yue 曼克頓 /曼克顿 (borough) · el Μανχάταν (borough) · mr मॅनहॅटन (tribe) · cmn 曼哈頓 /曼哈顿 (tribe) · yi מאַנהעטן (borough) · yue 曼赫頓 /曼赫顿 (borough) · eo Manhatano (borough) · ko 맨해튼 (borough) · cmn 曼赫頓 /曼赫顿 (borough) · mr मॅनहॅटन (borough) · fi Manhattan (borough) · it Manhattan (borough) · ru Манхэ́ттен (borough) · vi Mã Nhật Tân (borough) · ja マンハッタン (borough) · fr Manhattan (borough)
wikidata: Q11299 · wikipedia: John Heckewelder · wikipedia: Ives Goddard