Manchester (disambiguation)

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Contents 1 Places 1.1 In the Commonwealth of Nations 1.2 In the United States 2 People 3 Ships and planes 4 In Sport 5 Airports 6 Other 7 Bibliography

Manchester is the name of a large city in Great Britain, part of the Greater Manchester metropolis. There are several meanings for "Manchester", mainly named after the English city:

[edit] Places

[edit] In the Commonwealth of Nations

• Manchester, Jamaica

[edit] In the United States

• Manchester, Connecticut
• Manchester, Georgia
• Manchester, Illinois
• Manchester, Iowa
• Manchester, Kansas
• Manchester, Kentucky
• Manchester, Maine
• Manchester, Maryland
• Manchester, Massachusetts
• Manchester, Michigan
• Manchester, Minnesota
• Manchester, Missouri
• Manchester, New Hampshire (the largest Manchester in the United States)
• Manchester, New Jersey
• Manchester, New York
• Manchester, Ohio
• Manchester, Oklahoma
• Manchester, Pennsylvania
• Manchester, South Dakota
• Manchester, Tennessee
• Manchester, Texas (Houston area)
• Manchester, Vermont
• Manchester, Virginia (extinct independent city, now part of Richmond)
• Manchester, Washington
• Manchester, Green Lake County, Wisconsin
• Manchester, Jackson County, Wisconsin
• Manchester Township, Michigan
• Manchester Township, New Jersey
• Manchester Township, Pennsylvania
• Manchester Center, Vermont

[edit] People

• The Dukes (previously Earls) of Manchester, a title of the Peerage of the United Kingdom from 1626 to date
• William Manchester (1922–2004), American historian and biographer

[edit] Ships and planes

• Avro Manchester, a twin-engine heavy bomber used by the RAF during World War II
• HMS Manchester, the name of three ships of the Royal Navy
• USS Manchester, named after Manchester New Hampshire

[edit] In Sport

• Manchester City F.C.
• Manchester United F.C.
• F.C. United of Manchester

[edit] Airports

• Manchester International Airport, near Manchester, England.
• Manchester-Boston Regional Airport, near Manchester, New Hampshire, United States.

[edit] Other

• "Manchester", the usual word for household linen in Australian English
• Manchester code, a form of telecommunication
• Manchester Mark I, an early British computer ( also another name for the Avro Manchester bomber)
• Manchester Ship Canal
• Manchester terrier, a breed of dog
• Manchester (comics), a fictional town in Alabama, USA, part of the DC Universe
• Manchester School of economic thought, a capitalist intellectual movement pioneered by John Stuart Mill and Adam Smith, amongst others
• "Manchester Part I" and "Manchester Part II", episodes of The West Wing
• "Manchester, England," a song from the musical Hair
• Manchester score refers to a system of assessing small cell lung cancer

[edit] Bibliography

• Roy Cookson A World of Manchesters: A guide to all the villages, towns and cities throughout the world named Manchester. Casthermen Books: ISBN 0-9542404-0-5.