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MANCUNIAN

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

A native or resident of Manchester

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Hypernyms ("Mancunian" is a kind of...):

English person (a native or inhabitant of England)

Holonyms ("Mancunian" is a member of...):

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

Derivation:

Mancunian (of or relating to or characteristic of the English city of Manchester or its residents)

 II. (adjective) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Of or relating to or characteristic of the English city of Manchester or its residents

Example:

Mancunian merchants

Classified under:

Relational adjectives (pertainyms)

Pertainym:

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

Derivation:

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

Mancunian (a native or resident of Manchester)

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