Manchester
pronunciation
How to pronounce Manchester in British English:
UK [ˈmæntʃestə(r)]
How to pronounce Manchester in American English:
US [ˈmæntʃestər]
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- Noun:
- largest city in New Hampshire; located in southeastern New Hampshire on the Merrimack river
- a city in northwestern England (30 miles east of Liverpool); heart of the most densely populated area of England
Word Origin
- Manchester
- Mameceastre (1086), from Mamucio (4c.), the original Celtic name, perhaps from *mamm "breast, breast-like hill" + Old English ceaster "Roman town" (see Chester). Adjective Mancunian is from the Medieval Latin form of the place-name, Mancunium.
Example
- 1. Delegates skirting manchester 's autumn downpours did not mind .
- 2. She shone at manchester high school for girls .
- 3. Liverpool and manchester are examples .
- 4. However , manchester was not britain as a whole .
- 5. He and his colleagues examined 182 bodies in manchester and oxford .