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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Greater Manchester

Burnham won the Greater Manchester seat of Makerfield at a by-election in June, ahead of him becoming prime minister the following month.

From BBC ● Oct. 25, 2026

When he was elected in 2017 government figures showed there were 268 rough sleepers across Greater Manchester, and by 2020 that figure had more than halved to 125 - meaning Burnham missed his target.

From BBC ● Oct. 25, 2026

The decisions to approve these loans were taken in 2017, in two meetings which were both chaired by Andy Burnham when he was mayor of Greater Manchester.

From BBC ● Oct. 16, 2026

With both Manchester City and rivals Manchester United having huge international draw, football is one of the city's defining assets, said Subrahmaniam Krishnan-Harihara, head of research at the Greater Manchester Chamber of Commerce.

From Barron's ● Oct. 9, 2026

The 1970s and 1980s had not been kind to most of Greater Manchester, with unemployment and urban decay disfiguring the once-proud textile hub.

From Underground by Suelette Dreyfus

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