Manchester

[man-ches-ter, -chuh-ster]

noun

1. a city in NW England: connected with the Mersey estuary by a ship canal (35½ mi. [57 km] long).

2. a city in S New Hampshire.

3. a town in central Connecticut.

Manchester

¹

/ ˈmæntʃɪstə /

noun

1. Latin name: Man'cunium. a city in NW England, in Manchester unitary authority, Greater Manchester: linked to the Mersey estuary by the Manchester Ship Canal : commercial, industrial, and cultural centre; formerly the centre of the cotton and textile trades; two universities. Pop: 394 269 (2001)

2. a unitary authority in NW England, in Greater Manchester. Pop: 432 500 (2003 est). Area: 116 sq km (45 sq miles)

manchester

²

/ ˈmæntʃɪstə /

noun

1. household linen or cotton goods, such as sheets and towels

2. Also called: manchester department. a section of a store where such goods are sold

Manchester

1. City in northwestern England about thirty miles east of Liverpool.

Manchester is one of England's most important economic, industrial, trade, and finance centers, and the heart of the most densely populated area of England.

Word History and Origins

Origin of Manchester¹

from _Manchester , England

Example Sentences

Next year, the Brit Awards will also leave London, moving to Manchester.

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Both Manchester United and Chelsea have one of the top five attacks in the league but worryingly also rank in the bottom five defensively.

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The pair met when they were teenagers at the University of Manchester and went on to work on the BBC comedy The Young Ones, as well as Blackadder and Filthy Rich and Catflap.

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"I think it cost £20 in a charity shop in the student area of Manchester. I couldn't believe my eyes when I saw it," Bierton says.

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Manchester United winger Amad Diallo completed the scoring for the Ivory Coast, who led from the seventh minute in a convincing triumph over Kenya in Abidjan.

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