Words, grammatical forms and meanings linked to the ontology.
From Manhattan + -ite.
This does not take into account the tens of thousands of New Yorkers who are harmlessly and charmingly insane in a peculiarly Manhattanite manner.1946, George Johnston, Skyscrapers in the Mist, page 52:
From Manhattan + -ite.
Walter Gaskell was a tall, silver-haired Manhattanite with a narrow waist and broad shoulders, and his blue eyes had the luminous, emptied-out look of a reformed alcoholic's.1995, Michael Chabon, Wonder Boys, Ch.1, at p.37
The most likely explanation is that Cage imagined Peter as a fop of the first order, the type of ivory-tower Manhattanite whose exalted sense of privilege naturally leads to a hilariously affected manner of speech.2012 May 24, Scott Tobias, “Film: Reviews: Vampire's Kiss”, in The Onion AV Club:
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| Manhattanites | Number=Plur | lexicographic |