MANCHESTER

Manchester

(noun) a city in northwestern England (30 miles to the east of Liverpool); heart of the most densely populated area of England

Manchester

(noun) largest city in New Hampshire; located in southeastern New Hampshire on the Merrimack river

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Proper noun

Manchester

A major city and metropolitan borough in Greater Manchester in northwestern England.

A town in Bolivia.

A small community in Nova Scotia, Canada.

A settlement in Suriname.

Any of several towns and cities in the United States of America

A census-designated place in Mendocino County, California.

A town in Hartford County, Connecticut.

A city in Meriwether County and Talbot County, Georgia.

A village in Scott County, Illinois.

An unincorporated community in Manchester Township, Dearborn County, Indiana.

An unincorporated community in Union Township, Montgomery County, Indiana.

A city, the county seat of Delaware County, Iowa.

A tiny city in Dickinson County, Kansas.

A home rule city, the county seat of Clay County, Kentucky.

A town in Kennebec County, Maine.

A small incorporated town in Carroll County, Maryland.

A town in Essex County, Massachusetts, in full Manchester-by-the-Sea.

A village in Washtenaw County, Michigan.

A tiny city in Freeborn County, Minnesota.

A city in St. Louis County, Missouri.

The largest city in New Hampshire, USA and one of the two county seats of Hillsborough County.

A town and village in Ontario County, New York.

A village in Adams County, Ohio.

A town in Grant County, Oklahoma.

A borough in York County, Pennsylvania.

A neighborhood in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.

A ghost town and former unincorporated community in Kingsbury, South Dakota.

A city, the county seat of Coffee County, Tennessee.

A community in southeastern Houston, Texas.

A town in Vermont, USA and one of the two shire towns of Bennington County.

A former independent city in Chesterfield County, Virginia, now part of the city of Richmond.

An unincorporated community and census-designated place in Kitsap County, Washington.

A town and unincorporated community in Green Lake County, Wisconsin.

A town in Jackson County, Wisconsin.

(aircraft) A type of twin-engined British bomber aircraft built by Avro during the Second World War, the forerunner to the Lancaster.

Etymology

After the city of Manchester (England), once an important centre for the manufacture of cotton textile goods.

Noun

manchester (plural manchesters)

(obsolete) A type of cotton fabric, or a piece of clothing made from such fabric. [16th–18th c.]

(Australia, New Zealand, uncountable) Household linen. [from 20th c.]

Source: Wiktionary



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