Mannahatta
Mannahatta is the alternative form of Manhattan.
Meaning of Manhattan
Proper noun
Manhattan
- An indigenous people of North America who lived in present day New York State.
- A borough of New York City, New York, United States, mainly on Manhattan Island; in full, Borough of Manhattan.
- Holonyms: New York < New York < United States < North America < Earth, World
- Synonyms:
- New York County, County of New York
- An island of New York, United States; in full, Manhattan Island.
- Lo, body and soul—this land, / My own Manhattan with spires, and the sparkling and hurrying tides, and the ships, / The varied and ample land, the South and the North in the light, Ohio’s shores and flashing Missouri, / And ever the far-spreading prairies cover’d with grass and corn.1865, Walt Whitman, “When Lilacs Last in the Dooryard Bloom’d”, in Sequel to Drum-Taps: When Lilacs Last in the Dooryard Bloom’d and other poems
- A ghost town in Larimer County, Colorado, United States.
- An unincorporated community in Manatee County, Florida, United States.
- A township in Will County, Illinois, United States.
Origin of Mannahatta
From Unami, the local Algonquian language. That name is usually taken to be a compound of Unami mënatay (“island”) or Munsee munahan (compare Abenaki manahan) and another element.
Questions about Mannahatta
- What is Mannahatta the alternative form of?
- Mannahatta is the alternative form of Manhattan.
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