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单词 mancunian
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Mancuniann.adj.

Brit. /manˈkjuːnɪən/, /maŋˈkjuːnɪən/, U.S. /mænˈkjuniən/
Origin: A borrowing from Latin, combined with an English element; probably modelled on a Latin lexical item. Etymons: Latin Mancunium , -an suffix.
Etymology: < post-classical Latin Mancunium Manchester (earliest attested in one manuscript of the Antonine Itinerary (4th cent.), where it is probably a transmission error for Mamucium (recorded in another manuscript): see Manchester n.) + -an suffix, probably after post-classical Latin Mancuniensis, adjective (1602 or earlier). Compare Manchester n.
A. n.
A native or inhabitant of Manchester.
ΘΚΠ
the world > people > nations > native or inhabitant of Europe > British nation > English nation > [noun] > native or inhabitant of England > other towns
Oxonianc1540
Yarmouthian1614
Manchesterian1645
Novocastrian1645
wacker1768
Stratfordian1769
Mancunian1771
docker1791
Yorkist1796
Dicky Sam1820
Brummie1824
Liverpudlian1833
Yarmouth bloater1849
Exonian1871
Grimbarian1886
Cheltonian1887
Plym1913
Hoxtoniana1935
scouse1945
loiner1950
Scouser1959
Wulfrunian1959
Manc1961
pie eater1985
1771 J. Whitaker Hist. Manch. I. ix. 317 The same custom pretty certainly obtained as prevailed originally among the Romans.., and as continued nearly to the present period among the Mancunians.
1859 Fraser's Mag. Mar. 275/1 The Mancunians are of all men the most disposed to peace.
1880 Marlburian (Marlborough Coll.) 17 Nov. 182/1 Was it [sc. the review] for an advertisement, or as a topic profoundly interesting to the average Mancunian?
1904 H. Beswick Last Karkawber 134 ‘Th' Owd Rivvur’—as some old Mancunians dub the Irwell.
1931 Daily Tel. 6 Jan. 10/3 The Mancunians who wish to play bowls on Sunday might surely be allowed their simple pleasure.
1996 Independent 23 Oct. i. 17/1 Mancunians are used to London hogging the limelight.
2012 P. Hook Unknown Pleasures v. 237 The Dutch guy's eyes widened and he went, ‘Oh my God, you Mancunians are wild.’
B. adj.
Of or relating to Manchester.
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the world > the earth > named regions of earth > named cities or towns > [adjective] > in Britain > Manchester
Manchesterian1648
Mancunian1771
Manc1991
the mind > language > languages of the world > Indo-Hittite > [adjective] > Indo-European > Germanic > English > of varieties of English
north country1673
Mancunian1771
cockney1776
southernizing1861
Hiberno-English1864
Elizabethan1869
southernized1873
Welsh English1877
Norfolk1889
Tyneside1896
broguish1899
Anglo-Welsh1905
Oxford1928
Novocastrian1969
Konglish1975
Singlish1986
mockney1989
1771 ‘Muscipula Sen.’ Curious Remarks Hist. Manch. 51 Sheep are sometimes shorn..to ease them of their Fleece, when it is too hot and fatiguing, which is done by some Mancunian Dogs at present.
1798 Encycl.: Dict. Arts, Sci., & Misc. Lit. (Amer. ed.) XII. 24/2 at Mill We have previously shown one mill to have been set up, for the public service of all the Mancunian families.
1824 Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. Jan. 106/2 We have all heard of Whitaker's History, and the late Dr Ferrier, and the Literary and Philosophical Society of the ‘Mancunian Mart’.
1897 Saturday Rev. 11 Sept. 289/2 Mount Lyell Mining and Railway Company (Mancunian).
1908 Westm. Gaz. 22 Oct. 2/3 How strangely provincial—may we even say Mancunian?—is the very recent theory that Mr. Cobden invented Free Trade.
1947 H. Miles tr. A. Maurois Disraeli (ed. 2) ii. iv. 124 A truly Mancunian rain had drowned the enthusiasm.
1994 Big Issue 5 Dec. 19/2 They speak in lullaby Mancunian whispers, which seem to get softer as the interview progresses.
2009 J. Carnegie In Different League i. 9 As a Mancunian friend stated upon learning I was a Londoner: ‘Oh, I didn't realise you were from down there. I just thought you were posh.’
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2000; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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