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Manchester

manc·hes·ter

UK/ˈmæntʃɪstə/ US/ˈmænt͡ʃɛstɚ/ fairly common

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

Origin

From Old English Mameċeaster, from the original Brythonic name represented by Imperial Latin Mamucium (maybe from a word related to Proto-Brythonic *mamm (“mother; female animal; womb”), in reference to a breast-shaped hill) and Old English ċeaster (“Roman fort”), from Latin castra (“camp”).

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