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Manchester
//ˈmæn.t͡ʃɛs.tɚ// name, noun
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Proper Noun
- 1 A major city and metropolitan borough of Greater Manchester, in northwestern England.
"In Manchester and in Aldershot in Hampshire, asylum seeker accommodation was targeted by demonstrators carrying placards that read “deport them, don’t support them” and “no apartments for illegals”."
- 2 A parish of Jamaica.
- 3 A town in Bolivia.
- 4 A small community in Nova Scotia, Canada.
- 5 A settlement in Suriname.
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- 6 Any of several towns and cities in the United States of America:; A census-designated place in Mendocino County, California.
- 7 Any of several towns and cities in the United States of America:; A town in Hartford County, Connecticut.
- 8 Any of several towns and cities in the United States of America:; A city in Meriwether County and Talbot County, Georgia.
- 9 Any of several towns and cities in the United States of America:; A village in Scott County, Illinois.
- 10 Any of several towns and cities in the United States of America:; An unincorporated community in Manchester Township, Dearborn County, Indiana.
- 11 Any of several towns and cities in the United States of America:; An unincorporated community in Union Township, Montgomery County, Indiana.
- 12 Any of several towns and cities in the United States of America:; A city, the county seat of Delaware County, Iowa.
- 13 Any of several towns and cities in the United States of America:; A tiny city in Dickinson County, Kansas.
- 14 Any of several towns and cities in the United States of America:; A home rule city, the county seat of Clay County, Kentucky.
- 15 Any of several towns and cities in the United States of America:; A town in Kennebec County, Maine.
- 16 Any of several towns and cities in the United States of America:; A small incorporated town in Carroll County, Maryland.
- 17 Any of several towns and cities in the United States of America:; A town in Essex County, Massachusetts, in full Manchester-by-the-Sea.
- 18 Any of several towns and cities in the United States of America:; A village in Washtenaw County, Michigan.
- 19 Any of several towns and cities in the United States of America:; A tiny city in Freeborn County, Minnesota.
- 20 Any of several towns and cities in the United States of America:; A city in St. Louis County, Missouri.
- 21 Any of several towns and cities in the United States of America:; The largest city in New Hampshire, United States and one of the two county seats of Hillsborough County.
- 22 Any of several towns and cities in the United States of America:; A town and village in Ontario County, New York.
- 23 Any of several towns and cities in the United States of America:; A village in Adams County, Ohio.
- 24 Any of several towns and cities in the United States of America:; A town in Grant County, Oklahoma.
- 25 Any of several towns and cities in the United States of America:; A borough of York County, Pennsylvania.
- 26 Any of several towns and cities in the United States of America:; A neighborhood of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
- 27 Any of several towns and cities in the United States of America:; A ghost town and former unincorporated community in Kingsbury County, South Dakota.
- 28 Any of several towns and cities in the United States of America:; A city, the county seat of Coffee County, Tennessee.
- 29 Any of several towns and cities in the United States of America:; A community in southeastern Houston, Texas.
- 30 Any of several towns and cities in the United States of America:; A town in Vermont, United States and one of the two shire towns of Bennington County.
- 31 Any of several towns and cities in the United States of America:; A former independent city in Chesterfield County, Virginia, now part of the city of Richmond.
- 32 Any of several towns and cities in the United States of America:; An unincorporated community and census-designated place in Kitsap County, Washington.
- 33 Any of several towns and cities in the United States of America:; A town and unincorporated community in Green Lake County, Wisconsin.
- 34 Any of several towns and cities in the United States of America:; A town in Jackson County, Wisconsin.
- 35 Any of several towns and cities in the United States of America:; A number of townships in the United States, listed under Manchester Township.
- 36 A type of twin-engined British bomber aircraft built by Avro during the Second World War, the forerunner to the Lancaster.
- 37 An English and Scottish surname.
Noun
- 1 A type of cotton fabric, or a piece of clothing made from such fabric. obsolete
"Betsy, as Muslin, had a very showy striped pink and white Manchester, pink shoes, red Ribbons in abundance and a short Apron."
- 2 Household linen, especially as a category of goods in a store. Australia, New-Zealand, uncountable
"My love of linen stems from two sources. My first proper job working in the manchester department at Target, where I learnt how to style a miniature bed into a showroom-worthy display."
Etymology
Etymology 1
From Old English Mameċeaster, from the original Brythonic name represented by Imperial Latin Mamucium (maybe from a word related to Proto-Brythonic *mamm (“mother; female animal; womb”), in reference to a breast-shaped hill) and Old English ċeaster (“Roman fort”), from Latin castra (“camp”).
Etymology 2
After the city of Manchester (England), once an important centre for the manufacture of cotton textile goods.
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