Mancunian
Meanings
adj
- Related or pertaining to Manchester, England, in the United Kingdom.
noun
- A person raised or living in the city of Manchester, England, in the United Kingdom.
name
- The accent and dialect of English spoken in Manchester and some of its environs.
Pronunciation
Word forms
Etymology
] From Latin Mancunium (appearing in a 4th-century manuscript of the Antonine Itinerary), an alternative name for or corruption of Mamucium (“name of the Roman fort at what is now Manchester”) + -an, probably modelled after Late Latin mancuniēnsis (“related or pertaining to Mancunium”).
Synonyms
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