Manchester

Meaning

Proper Noun

• major city/and/metropolitan borough Greater Manchester (county) in northwestern England (constituent country).
• parish Jamaica (country).
• town Bolivia (country).
• small community Nova Scotia (province) Canada (country).
• settlement Suriname (country).
• Any of several towns and cities in the United States of America:
• A type of twin-engined British bomber aircraft built by Avro during the Second World War, the forerunner to the Lancaster.

Origin

• The first part may be from a word related to Breton mamm ("mother; female animal; womb"), in reference to a breast-shaped hill.
• The second part is known to be from Old English ceaster, from Latin castra ("camp").