Manchester
English
/ˈmantʃɪstə/, /ˈmæntʃɛstɚ/
proper noun
Definitions
- (major city and metropolitan borough in Greater Manchester).
- (parish in Jamaica).
- (town in Bolivia).
- (small community in Nova Scotia).
- (settlement in Suriname).
- Any of several towns and cities in the United States of America:
- (aircraft) A type of twin-engined British bomber aircraft built by during the Second World War, the forerunner to the Lancaster.
Etymology
Derived from Breton mamm (mother, womb, female animal) derived from Old English ceaster derived from Latin castra (camp, a camp).
Origin
Latin
castra
Gloss
camp, a camp
Concept
Semantic Field
The house
Ontological Category
Person/Thing
Emoji
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- Chester English
- Grantchester English
- Manchesterism English
- Manchesterite English
- Manchestrian English
- castrametation English
- Glēvum Latin
- castra Latin
- castrensis Latin
- castrum Latin
- Manchester Portuguese
- マンチェスター Japanese
- Manchester Polish
- Ceasterscīr Old English
- ceaster Old English
- ċeastre Old English
- मैनचेस्टर Hindi
- castru Romanian, Moldavian, Moldovan
- Manchêtre Norman
- 曼徹斯特 Chinese
- lezvamm Breton
- mamm Breton
- mammoù Breton
- skol-vamm Breton