Définition "Manchester" dans le dictionnaire Collins English Dictionary & Thesaurus

Manchester n

1 a city in NW England, in Manchester unitary authority, Greater Manchester: linked to the Mersey estuary by the Manchester Ship Canal: commercial and industrial centre, esp. of the cotton and textile trades; university (1846). Pop.: 402889 (1991), (Latin name) Mancunium

2 a unitary authority in NW England, in Greater Manchester. Pop.: 432600 (1995 est.). Area: 116 sq. km (45 sq. miles)

Greater Manchester n
a metropolitan county of NW England, administered since 1986 by the unitary authorities of Wigan, Bolton, Bury, Rochdale, Salford, Manchester, Oldham, Trafford, Stockport, and Tameside. Area: 1286 sq. km (496 sq. miles)

manchester n (Austral. and N.Z)

1 household linen or cotton goods, such as sheets and towels

2 (Also called) manchester department a section of a store where such goods are sold
(from Manchester, England)

Manchester terrier n
a breed of terrier with a glossy black-and-tan coat, (Also called (less commonly)) black-and-tan terrier