Greater Manchester

American  

noun

1. a metropolitan county in central England, with the city of Manchester as its center. 498 sq. mi. (1,290 sq. km).

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Greater Manchester British  

noun

1. a metropolitan county of NW England, administered since 1986 by the unitary authorities of Wigan, Bolton, Bury, Rochdale, Salford, Manchester, Oldham, Trafford, Stockport, and Tameside. Area: 1286 sq km (496 sq miles)

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Example Sentences

He added that was "a grave, grave threat to the Jewish community in Greater Manchester and the UK".

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He added: "I hope today's verdict provides comfort and reassurance to our Jewish community and to all the people of Greater Manchester that justice has been served."

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Saadaoui used one of his fake accounts to join the Facebook group of the Jewish Representative Council of Greater Manchester which contained details of a "March Against Antisemitism" held in the city centre on 21 January last year which thousands attended.

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Yazz Gough, who goes to the Re:dish Good Stuff in the Reddish area of Stockport, Greater Manchester, said: "I save a fortune because I've got two teenage kids at home who never stop eating!"

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Farouk was authorised to make contact with Saadaoui after detectives linked several Facebook pages he had set up using fakes names to spread Islamic extremist views, Greater Manchester Police said.

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