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adj
Related or pertaining to Manchester, England, in the United Kingdom.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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name
The accent and dialect of English spoken in Manchester and some of its environs.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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noun
A person raised or living in the city of Manchester, England, in the United Kingdom.
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adjective
of or relating to or characteristic of the English city of Manchester or its residents
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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noun
a native or resident of Manchester
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Broader terms: English person
History
] From Latin Mancunium (appearing in a 4th-century manuscript of the Antonine Itinerary), an alternative name for or corruption of Mamucium (“name of the Roman fort at what is now Manchester”) + -an, probably modelled after Late Latin mancuniēnsis (“related or pertaining to Mancunium”).
Across languages
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