Showing results for Greater Manchester. Search instead for greater-trochanter.

Greater Manchester

American

noun

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

Greater Manchester British

noun

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)

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Example Sentences

Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.

See Examples For:

Greater Manchester

The decision was criticised by the now prime minister Andy Burnham - then the mayor of Greater Manchester - when it was announced in 2023.

From BBC ● Jul. 23, 2026

As Mayor of Greater Manchester, Andy Burnham brought in a £2 cap in September 2022, at that point funded by money from central government.

From BBC ● Jul. 22, 2026

Burnham stood down as an MP to be elected as the first mayor of Greater Manchester in 2017 in a time when regional mayors where an untested concept.

From BBC ● Jul. 22, 2026

Former Greater Manchester mayor Burnham appointed his Cabinet on Monday night, but a raft of ministerial appointments are still to come.

From BBC ● Jul. 21, 2026

In addition to Scotland Yard's Computer Crimes Unit and BT, at least seven other police forces were involved in the three raids, including those from Greater Manchester, Merseyside and West Yorkshire.

From Underground by Dreyfus, Suelette

Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023