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Mancunian

Syllables: Man·cu·ni·an/manˈkjuː.nɪ.ən/US/mænˈkju.ni.ən/

Mancunian adjective: related or pertaining to Manchester, England, in the United Kingdom.

mancunian: related or pertaining to Manchester, England, in the United Kingdom
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Adjective

Mancunian (comparative more Mancunian, superlative most Mancunian)

  1. Related or pertaining to Manchester, England, in the United Kingdom.
    • Current among the Britons, the name of Manchester was equally received and retained by the Saxons. […] [M]oſt of the more remarkable objects about the town, at this period, exchanged their Britiſh denominations for Saxon. And even one of the rivers, even the monarch of the Mancunian currents, now...1775, [John] Whitaker, “The True Origin of Our Present Language, Letters, Weights, and Coins—and the Positive and Comparative Prices of Things before the Conquest”, in The History of Manchester, book...
    • The Bridgewater Canal in Manchester during the summer months is colonised every Sunday by hundreds of Mancunian men and boys involved in angling competitions, a very traditional and gendered practice.1996, Ian Taylor, Karen Evans, Penny Fraser, “‘This Ruddy Recession’: Post-Fordism in Manchester and Sheffield”, in A Tale of Two Cities: Global Change, Local Feeling and Everyday Life in the North...

Noun

Mancunian (plural Mancunians)

  1. A person raised or living in the city of Manchester, England, in the United Kingdom.
    • But the Mancunians are of all men the most disposed to peace. Their name has become a bye-word because they are said to require peace at any price. If the Mancunians are satisfied, for Heaven's sake do not let us put it into their heads that they could gain anything by change.1859, [Arthur Helps], “War”, in Friends in Council: A Series of Readings and Discourse thereon (New Series), 2nd edition, volume I, London: John W[illiam] Parker & Son, West Strand, →OCLC, page 137
    • In this epitome of local medical history there is much of which any Mancunian can be proud, be he a medical man, a citizen of Greater Manchester or a member of its universities.1984, S. W. Stanbury, “Foreword”, in Willis J. Elwood, A. Félicité Tuxford, editors, Some Manchester Doctors: A Biographical Collection to Mark the 150th Anniversary of the Manchester Medical Society...
    Synonyms:
    Manc

Proper noun

Mancunian

  1. The accent and dialect of English spoken in Manchester and some of its environs.
    Synonyms:
    Manc

Examples of Mancunian in a sentence

  • The Sex Pistols' first performance at Manchester's Lesser Free Trade Hall on June 4, 1976 has become widely accredited as 'year zero' in the history of Mancunian rock music.2006, Sean Albiez, “Print the Truth, not the Legend. The Sex Pistols: Lesser Free Trade Hall, June 4, 1976”, in Ian Inglis, editor...
  • Mancunians have shown their defiance in the face of terror after a suicide bomber killed 22 people in the city on Monday night.2017 May 23, Sarah Ann Harris, “Manchester bombing prompts extraordinary messages of defiance: ‘F*ck terrorism stick the kettle on.’”, in...

Synonyms of Mancunian

Forms of Mancunian

Adjective
comparativemore Mancunian
superlativemost Mancunian
Noun
pluralMancunians

Origin of Mancunian

] 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”).

Questions about Mancunian

What does Mancunian mean?
Mancunian means related or pertaining to Manchester, England, in the United Kingdom.
How do you use Mancunian in a sentence?
The Sex Pistols' first performance at Manchester's Lesser Free Trade Hall on June 4, 1976 has become widely accredited as 'year zero' in the history of Mancunian rock music.
What part of speech is Mancunian?
Mancunian can be an adjective, a noun or a proper noun.
How do you pronounce Mancunian?
Mancunian is pronounced /manˈkjuː.nɪ.ən/ (UK).

Words near Mancunian in the dictionary

  1. mancubines
  2. mancude
  3. mancude-ring system
  4. mancude-ring systems
  5. mancuerda
  6. Mancunian
  7. Mancunianism
  8. Mancunianisms
  9. Mancunianness
  10. Mancunians
  11. mancunide

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