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Man⋅ches⋅ter

  [man-ches-ter, -chuh-ster]
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1. a city in NW England: connected with the Mersey estuary by a ship canal (35 1/2 mi. [57 km] long). 506,300.
2. a city in S New Hampshire. 90,936.
3. a town in central Connecticut. 49,761.
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Man·ches·ter   (mān'chěs'tər, -chĭ-stər)   

  1. A borough of northwest England east-northeast of Liverpool. Founded on the site of Celtic and Roman settlements, it was first chartered in 1301. Greater Manchester is densely populated and highly industrialized. The Manchester Ship Canal (completed in 1894) affords access for oceangoing vessels. Population: 394,000.

  2. A town of north-central Connecticut east of Hartford. It was settled in 1672. Population: 55,600.

  3. The largest city of New Hampshire, in the southeast part of the state on the Merrimack River north of Nashua. Incorporated as Derryfield in 1751 and renamed in 1810, it was an important textile center from the mid-1800s until the 1930s. Population: 109,000.

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Manchester

City in northwestern England about thirty miles east of Liverpool.

Note: Manchester is one of England's most important economic, industrial, trade, and finance centers, and the heart of the most densely populated area of England.
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Word Origin & History

Manchester 
Mameceastre (1086), from Mamucio (4c.), the original Celtic name, perhaps from *mamm "breast, breast-like hill" + O.E. ceaster "Roman town."
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