manchester

Reading level: hard

Estimated CEFR level: C1 — Advanced

Estimated from word frequency; not an official CEFR classification.

Definition

  1. noun largest city in New Hampshire; located in southeastern New Hampshire on the Merrimack river
  2. noun a city in northwestern England (30 miles to the east of Liverpool); heart of the most densely populated area of England

Etymology

After the city of Manchester (England), once an important centre for the manufacture of cotton textile goods.

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