Manceinion

Welsh

Etymology

A back-formation based on Latin Mancunium invented by William Baxter in his Glossarium Antiquitatum Britannicarum.

Pronunciation

• (North Wales) IPA^(key): /maŋˈkei̯njɔn/

Proper noun

Manceinion f

1. 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

Welsh mutation
radical	soft	nasal	aspirate
Manceinion	Fanceinion	unchanged	unchanged
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.