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

• IPA^(key): /ˈmantʃɪstə/, /mæntʃɪstə(r)/

• Audio (UK):

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• IPA^(key): /ˈmæntʃɛstɚ/

Proper noun

Manchester

1. A major city and metropolitan borough in Greater Manchester in the north-west of England.
2. Any of several towns and cities in the United States of America:
   1. An unincorporated community in Manchester Township, Dearborn County, Indiana.
   2. A city, the county seat of Delaware County, Iowa.
   3. A city, the county seat of Clay County, Kentucky.
   4. The largest city in New Hampshire, and one of the two county seats of Hillsborough County.
   5. A city, the county seat of Coffee County, Tennessee.
   6. A town in Vermont, and one of the two shire towns (county seats) of Bennington County.
3. A town in Bolivia.
4. A community of Nova Scotia, Canada.
5. A settlement in Suriname.
6. (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
• Manchesterism
• Manchesterite
• Manchester Ship Canal

 

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

• 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), 曼彻斯特 (zh) (Mànchèsītè)

  Wu: 曼彻斯特 (⁶me-tsheq-sy-deq)

• Esperanto: Manĉestro
• Finnish: Manchester (fi)
• Galician: Manchester
• Georgian: მანჩესტერი (ka) (mančesṭeri)
• German: Manchester (de)
• Greek: Μάντσεστερ (Mántsester)
• Gujarati: મૅન્ચેસ્ટર (měncesṭar)
• 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 (Mancester)
• Lao: ແມນເຈສເຕືອຣ໌ (mǣnchēttư̄a)
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• 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
• 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
• Uyghur: Manchéstér, مانچەستەر (manchester)
• Veps: Mančester
• Welsh: Manceinion f
• Western Panjabi: مانچسٹر (pnb) (māncsṭr)
• Yiddish: מאַנטשעסטער (mantshester)

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Hungarian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈmɛnt͡ʃɛstɛr]
• Hyphenation: Man‧ches‧ter

Proper noun

Manchester

1. Manchester

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

From English Manchester.

Pronunciation

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

Proper noun

Manchester m

1. Manchester (a major city in northwestern England)
2. Manchester: name of several towns and cities in the United States of America.

Declension

Declension of Manchester

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

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Portuguese

Alternative forms

• Manchéster

Etymology

From English Manchester.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mɐ̃.ˈtʃɛs.tɨɾ/
• IPA^(key): /mɐ̃.ˈʃɛs.teʁ/, /ˈmɐ̃.ʃes.teʁ/

Proper noun

Manchester f

1. Manchester (a city in England)