Manchester

See also: manchester, Manchéster, and Mánchester

English

St Peter's Square, Manchester, England

Etymology

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

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈmæn.t͡ʃɪs.tə/, /ˈmæn.t͡ʃɛs.tə/, /ˈmæn.t͡ʃəs.tə/

  • Audio (UK):

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• (US) IPA^(key): /ˈmæn.t͡ʃɛs.tɚ/
• (Hong Kong) IPA^(key): /mænˈt͡ʃɛs.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 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

• Greater Manchester
• Madchester
• Manchesterdom
• Manchester encoding
• Manchesterism
• Manchesterite
• Manchester Parish
• Manchester Ship Canal
• Manchester Terrier
• 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 (Mančʻestr)
• Asturian: Mánchester
• Azerbaijani: Mançester
• Belarusian: Манчэстэр (Mančester)
• Bengali: ম্যানচেস্টার (mêncesṭar)
• Bulgarian: Манчестър m (Mančestǎr)
• Burmese: မန်ချက်စတာမြို့ (manhkyakca.ta-mrui.)
• Chechen: Манчестер (Mančester)
• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 曼徹斯特 / 曼彻斯特 (maan⁶ cit³ si¹ dak⁶)

  Mandarin: 曼徹斯特 / 曼彻斯特 (zh) (Mànchèsītè)

  Wu: 曼彻斯特 (⁶me-tsheq-sy-deq)

• Esperanto: Manĉestro
• Finnish: Manchester (fi)
• French: Manchester (fr) m or f
• Galician: Manchester
• Georgian: მანჩესტერი (ka) (mančesṭeri)
• German: Manchester (de)
• Greek: Μάντσεστερ (el) (Mántsester)
• Gujarati: મૅન્ચેસ્ટર (měncesṭar)
• Hebrew: מנצ׳סטר
• Hindi: मैनचेस्टर (maincesṭar)
• Hungarian: Manchester (hu)
• Irish: Manchain f
• Italian: Manchester (it) f, Mancestria 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 (Mancester)
• 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)
• Pahari-Potwari: مَنْچَسْٹَر m (mancasṭar)
• Persian: منچستر (fa)
• Polish: Manchester (pl) m
• Portuguese: Manchester f
• Punjabi:

  Gurmukhi: ਮਾਨਚੈਸਟਰ m (māncaisaṭar)

  Shahmukhi: مانْچَسْٹَر m (māncasṭar)

• Russian: Манче́стер (ru) m (Mančéster)
• Sinhalese: මැඤ්චෙස්ටර් (mæñcesṭar)
• Spanish: Mánchester (es) m
• Tagalog: Mantsester
• 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) (māncsṭr)
• Yiddish: מאַנטשעסטער (mantshester)

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”)
   • 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.

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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

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

Polish

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English Manchester.

Pronunciation

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

• Audio:

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• Rhymes: -ant͡ʂɛstɛr, -ɛnt͡ʂɛstɛr, -ɛstɛr
• Syllabification: Man‧ches‧ter

Proper noun

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

Declension of Manchester

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

Further reading

• Manchester in Polish dictionaries at PWN

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/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /mɐ̃ˈʃɛʃ.taɾ/, /mɐ̃ˈt͡ʃɛʃ.taɾ/
  • (Northern Portugal) IPA^(key): /mɐ̃ˈt͡ʃɛʃ.taɾ/

Proper noun

Manchester f

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