Manceinion

Welsh

Etymology

Coined by Welsh scholar William Baxter in 1719 in his Glossarium Antiquitatum Britannicarum, based on New Latin Mancunium. Compare Irish Manchain and Manx Manchuin.

Pronunciation

(North Wales, South Wales) IPA^(key): /maŋˈkei̯njɔn/

Proper noun

Manceinion f

Manchester (a major city and metropolitan borough of Greater Manchester, in northwestern England)

Derived terms

Manceiniad m (“Mancunian”)
Manceiniol (“Mancunian”, adjective)
Manceinion Fwyaf f (“Greater Manchester”)

Mutation

Mutated forms of *Manceinion*
radical	soft	nasal	aspirate
Manceinion	Fanceinion	unchanged	unchanged

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Welsh.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.