Manchester

Manchester

See also: manchester, Manchéster, and Mánchester

English

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]

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• (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 unincorporatedcommunity in Manchester Township, Dearborn County, Indiana.
   6. An unincorporatedcommunity 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 unincorporatedcommunity in Kingsbury, 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 unincorporatedcommunity and census-designated place in Kitsap County, Washington.
   28. A town and unincorporatedcommunity in Green Lake County, Wisconsin.
   29. A town in Jackson County, Wisconsin.
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

• Greater Manchester
• Madchester
• Manchesterdom
• Manchesterism
• Manchesterite
• Manchester Parish
• Manchester Ship Canal
• Manchester United
• West Manchester

 

Related terms

• Mancunian

Descendants

• → Finnish: Manse

Translations

major city in the north-west of England

Amharic: ማንችስተር (mančəstär) Arabic: مَانْشِسْتِر‎ m (mānšester), مَانْشِسْتَر‎ m (manšestar) Egyptian Arabic: مانشستر‎ Hijazi Arabic: مانتشستر‎ f (māntšistar) Armenian: Մանչեստր (Mančʿestr) Asturian: Mánchester Azerbaijani: Mançester Belarusian: Манчэстэр (Mančester) Bengali: ম্যানচেস্টার (mẏanôcesṭar) Bulgarian: Манчестър m (Mančestǎr) Burmese: မန်ချက်စတာမြို့ (manhkyakca.ta-mrui.) Chechen: Манчестер (Mančester) Chinese: Cantonese: 曼徹斯特 Mandarin: 曼徹斯特／曼彻斯特 (zh) (Mànchèsītè) Wu: 曼彻斯特 Esperanto: Manĉestro Finnish: Manchester (fi) French: Manchester (fr) m or f Galician: Manchester Georgian: მანჩესტერი (ka) (mančesṭeri) German: Manchester (de) Greek: Μάντσεστερ (Mántsester) Gujarati: મૅન્ચેસ્ટર (mɛncesṭar) Hebrew: מנצ׳סטר‎ Hindi: मैनचेस्टर (maincesṭar) Hungarian: Manchester (hu) Irish: Manchain f Japanese: マンチェスター (Manchesutā) Kannada: ಮ್ಯಾಂಚೆಸ್ಟರ್ (myāñcesṭar) Kazakh: Манчестер (Mançester) Khmer: មែនឈេសទ័រ (mɛɛncheihtɔə) Korean: 맨체스터 (Maencheseuteo) Kurdish: Central Kurdish: مەنچستەر‎ (mençister) Kyrgyz: Манчестер (Mançester) Lao: ແມນເຈສເຕືອຣ໌ (mǣn chēt tư̄an) Latin: Mancunium Latvian: Mančestra f Lithuanian: Mančesteris m Low German: Dutch Low Saxon: Mesjester Macedonian: Ма́нчестер m (Mánčester) Maithili: म्यानचेस्टर (myānᵊcēsṭar) Malayalam: മാഞ്ചസ്റ്റർ (māñcasṟṟaṟ) Manx: Manchuin Marathi: मँचेस्टर (mĕñcesṭar) Mazanderani: منچستر‎ Mingrelian: მანჩესტერი (mančesṭeri) Mongolian: Манчестер (Mančester) Nepali: म्यानचेस्टर (myānacesṭar) Norman: Manchêtre Old English: Mameċeaster Ossetian: Манчестер (Manḱester) Persian: منچستر‎ (fa) Polish: Manchester (pl) m Portuguese: Manchester f Punjabi: ਮਾਨਚੈਸਟਰ (māncaisaṭar) Russian: Манче́стер (ru) m (Mančéster) Sinhalese: මැඤ්චෙස්ටර් (mæñcesṭar) Spanish: Mánchester m Tamil: மான்செஸ்டர் (māṉcesṭar) Tatar: Mançester Telugu: మాంచెస్టర్ (māñcesṭar) Thai: แมนเชสเตอร์ Turkish: Manchester Ukrainian: Манче́стер m (Mančéster) Urdu: مانچسٹر‎ m (māncisṭar) Uyghur: Manchéstér, مانچەستەر‎ (manchester) Veps: Mančester Vietnamese: Man-chét-xtơ Welsh: Manceinion f Western Panjabi: مانچسٹر‎ (pnb) Yiddish: מאַנטשעסטער‎ (mantshester)

References

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

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German

Etymology

The fabric was primarily produced in Manchester.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmɛnt͡ʃɛstɐ/, (fabric) /manˈʃɛstɐ/

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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

• “Manchester” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
• Manchester on the German Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^de
• “Manchester (Stadt)” in Duden online
• “Manchester (Stoff, Gewebe)” in Duden online

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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

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Polish

Etymology

Borrowed from English Manchester.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈman.t͡ʂɛ.stɛr/, /ˈmɛn.t͡ʂɛ.stɛr/, (colloquial) /manˈt͡ʂɛs.tɛr/, /mɛnˈt͡ʂɛs.tɛr/

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• Rhymes: -ɛstɛr
• Syllabification: Man‧ches‧ter

Proper noun

Manchester m

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

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Portuguese

Alternative forms

• Manchéster

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English Manchester.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /mɐ̃ˈʃɛs.teʁ/ [mɐ̃ˈʃɛs.teh], /ˈmɐ̃.ʃes.teʁ/ [ˈmɐ̃.ʃes.teh]

• (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)