Greater Manchester

English

Proper noun

GreaterManchester

1. Ametropolitan countyin northwestEnglandcomprising thecitiesofManchesterandSalford,and themetropolitan boroughsofBolton,Bury,Oldham,Rochdale,Stockport,Tameside,TraffordandWigan.Greater Manchester bordersMerseyside,Cheshire,Lancashire,West YorkshireandDerbyshire
   • 1991,Human Rights Watch,Human rights in Northern Ireland,page71:

     John Stalker, Deputy Chief Constable ofGreater 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.

   • 2001,Ismail Serageldinet al.,Historic cities and sacred sites: cultural roots for urban futures,page251:

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

   • 2004,K.K.Sharma,Tourism and Regional Development,page166:

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

Translations

county in northwest England

• Chinese:

  Mandarin:Đại mạn triệt tư đặc／Đại mạn triệt tư đặc(Dà Mànchèsītè)

• French:Grand Manchester(fr)m
• Georgian:დიდი მანჩესტერი(didi mančesṭeri)
• Russian:большой Манчестерm(bolʹšoj Mančester)
• Spanish:Gran Manchesterm