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The name Manchester, though officially applied only to the metropolitan district within Greater Manchester, has been applied to other, wider divisions of land, particularly across much of the Greater Manchester county and urban area. The "Manchester City Zone", "Manchester post town" and the "Manchester Congestion Charge" are all examples of this.
The name Manchester originates from the Latin name Mamucium or its variant Mancunio. These names are generally thought to represent a Latinisation of an original Brittonic name. The generally accepted etymology of this name is that it comes from Brittonic *mamm-("breast", in reference to a "breast-like hill").
"Gunchester" – name attached to the city by media in the 1990s because of the high incidence of gun crime in south Manchester. [130] [131] "Madchester" [132] – the name arising from a musical scene in the city in the late 1980s and early 1990s; and which has been attributed to Shaun Ryder, of the Happy Mondays [133] "Manc" - abbreviation of ...
Some names were carried over directly and are found throughout the country (such as Manchester, Birmingham and Rochester). Others carry the prefix "New"; for example, the largest city in the US, New York, was named after York because King Charles II gave the land to his brother, James, the Duke of York (later James II).
Manchester is a major city within the boundaries of the Greater Boston metropolitan area. [3] Manchester is, along with the city of Nashua, one of two seats of New Hampshire's most populous county, Hillsborough County. Manchester lies near the northern end of the Northeast megalopolis and straddles the banks of the Merrimack River.
The OfS said it had received 1,885 responses regarding the proposed new name, of which 64% felt the University of Greater Manchester name would not be confusing.
This is a partial list of places in Greater Manchester, in North West England. This list is incomplete; you can help by adding missing items. (August 2008)
Manchester Grammar School, Manchester, ... Manchester, the name of a variant of the Athlon 64 X2 CPU; Sports. Football. Premier League. Manchester City F.C.