Greater Manchester

proper noun

A metropolitan county in northwest England comprising the cities of Manchester and Salford, and the metropolitan boroughs of Bolton, Bury, Oldham, Rochdale, Stockport, Tameside, Trafford and Wigan. Greater Manchester borders Merseyside, Cheshire, Lancashire, West Yorkshire and Derbyshire

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Meanings

proper noun
  1. A metropolitan county in northwest England comprising the cities of Manchester and Salford, and the metropolitan boroughs of Bolton, Bury, Oldham, Rochdale, Stockport, Tameside, Trafford and Wigan. Greater Manchester borders Merseyside, Cheshire, Lancashire, West Yorkshire and Derbyshire

    For example, of the thousand or so textile factories that survive in Greater Manchester, among the most tangible reminders of the country's leading role in the Industrial Revolution, only 100 (10 percent) are listed.

    2001, Ismail Serageldin et al., Historic cities and sacred sites: cultural roots for urban futures, page 251
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    John Stalker, Deputy Chief Constable of Greater Manchester, England, was asked to go to Northern Ireland to investigate killings by security forces of six unarmed men in three separate incidents in a five-week period in 1982.

    1991, Human Rights Watch, Human rights in Northern Ireland, page 71

    In the post-family phase, growth rates are less than the national average, with a degree of localised growth in the industrial towns of Greater Manchester, West Lancashire and districts of North Cheshire though not in Merseyside.

    2004, K.K.Sharma, Tourism and Regional Development, page 166

Synonyms & antonyms

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Translations

Chinese Mandarin 大曼徹斯特 /大曼彻斯特
  • 大曼徹斯特 /大曼彻斯特 (Dà Mànchèsītè)county in northwest England
French Grand Manchester
  • Grand Manchestercounty in northwest England
Hindi बृहत्तर मैनचेस्टर
  • बृहत्तर मैनचेस्टर (bŕhattar maincesṭar)county in northwest England
Russian большой Манчестер
  • большой Манчестер (bolʹšoj Mančester)county in northwest England
Spanish Gran Manchester
  • Gran Manchestercounty in northwest England
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Greater Manchester. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Greater%20Manchester

MLA

“Greater Manchester.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Greater%20Manchester. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Greater Manchester,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Greater%20Manchester.

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