Manceinion

Welsh

Etymology

Coined by Welsh scholar William Baxter in 1719 in his Glossarium Antiquitatum Britannicarum, based on New Latin Mancunium. Compare Irish Manchain and Manx Manchuin.

Pronunciation

• (North Wales, South Wales) IPA^(key): /maŋˈkei̯njɔn/

Proper noun

Manceinion f

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

Derived terms

• Manceiniad m (“Mancunian”)
• Manceiniol (“Mancunian”, adjective)
• Manceinion Fwyaf f (“Greater Manchester”)

Mutation

Mutated forms of Manceinion

radical	soft	nasal	aspirate
Manceinion	Fanceinion	unchanged	unchanged

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Welsh.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.