Manchester
/ˈmæn.t͡ʃɪs.tə/ · name
Meaning
- A major city and metropolitan borough of Greater Manchester, in northwestern England.
- A parish of Jamaica.
- A town in Bolivia.
- A small community in Nova Scotia, Canada.
- A settlement in Suriname.
- Any of several towns and cities in the United States of America:
- A census-designated place in Mendocino County, California.
- A town in Hartford County, Connecticut.
- A city in Meriwether County and Talbot County, Georgia.
- A village in Scott County, Illinois.
- A township and census-designated place therein, in Dearborn County, Indiana.
- An unincorporated community in Union Township, Montgomery County, Indiana.
- A type of cotton fabric, or a piece of clothing made from such fabric.
- Household linen, especially as a category of goods in a store.
Etymology / origin
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”).
- castra(Latin)→
- ċeaster(ang)→
- *mamm(cel-bry-pro)→
- Mamucium(la)→
- -(cel-bry)→
- Mameċeaster(ang)→
- Manchester (English)
- Relations: inh, der, cog, cog, der, der
Related words
Descendant words
- 曼徹斯特(Chinese) (bor)
- Manse(Finnish) (der)
- માન્ચેસ્ટર(Gujarati) (bor)
- मैनचेस्टर(Hindi) (bor)
- マンチェスター(Japanese) (bor)
- Manchêtre(Norman) (bor)
- منچستر(Persian) (bor)
- مانچسٹر(Punjabi) (bor)
- Манчестер(Ukrainian) (bor)
- مانچسٹر(Urdu) (bor)
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