Manhattan Definition

măn-hătn, mən-
noun
A member of a North American Indian people, speaking an Algonquian language, that formerly lived on Manhattan Island.
Webster's New World
A cocktail made of whiskey and sweet vermouth, usually with a dash of bitters and a maraschino cherry.
Webster's New World

(cricket) A bar chart representing the number of runs scored each over (supposed to resemble a skyline of skyscrapers).

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pronoun

An indigenous people of North America who lived in present day New York State.

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A borough of New York City, mainly on Manhattan Island.

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Other Word Forms of Manhattan

Noun

Singular:
Manhattan
Plural:
manhattans

Origin of Manhattan

  • After Manhattan a borough of New York City

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

Manhattan Sentence Examples

  • He raised his manhattan and touched her glass.

  • Cynthia asked out of the blue, somewhere between manhattan number one and number two.

  • Maybe drink a manhattan at sunset on the Top of the Mark?

  • He turned his shop into a furniture factory; soon sold this and for a short time was engaged in the grocery business on the site of the present Bible House, opposite Cooper Union; and then invested in a glue and isinglass factory, situated for twenty-one years in Manhattan (where the Park Avenue Hotel was built later) and then in Brooklyn.

  • Andros in Massachusetts was received, they took possession on the 31st of May 1689 of Fort James (at the southern end of Manhattan Island), renamed it Fort William and announced their determination to hold it until the arrival of a governor commissioned by the new sovereigns.

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Words Starting With

MMAMAN

Words Ending With

NANTAN

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Words Starting With M and Ending With N

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