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Mancunian

Mancunian

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A person from Manchester in northwest England
  • noun
  • /mænˈkjuːniən/
: mancuniano
  • As a lifelong Mancunian, she proudly wore her city’s colors during the football match.

Examples

  • Attractive football, attacking football that should bring Mancunians to Old Trafford.

    The United Way (2021)

  • I love the fact that he's a Mancunian as well.

    Harry Brown (2009)

  • And I was playing a Mancunian Coke dealing gay yoga teacher.

  • "But unlike the whimpering Baltimore proletariat, the Wilde-loving Mancunian had a good measure of talent.

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  • Many Mancunians enjoy exploring the rich history of their vibrant city.

  • People born and raised in Manchester, known as Mancunians, tend to exhibit a distinctive outlook on life that helps them get through one hardship after another.

Surface Forms

Mancunian singular
Mancunians plural

Morphology

Mancunian = Manchester (opaque) = Manc + unian

The suffix 'unian' is not a standard English suffix, making the derivation from 'Manchester' non-transparent.

Etymology

The word Mancunian comes from the city Manchester and the ending -ian, which means 'from' or 'belonging to', like Italian or Bostonian. So, a Mancunian is a person who comes from Manchester.