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Tldr: because a previous name of the area was Mancunium. There are some more irregular demonyms discussed in the article, with slightly more detailed etymology.
by dmurray 9y ago
Tldr: because a previous name of the area was Mancunium. There are some more irregular demonyms discussed in the article, with slightly more detailed etymology.
- xchip 9y agoThanks for this, I wish every news here had a TL;DR post. In fact me myself I do it whenever I have a chance (most articles are 5% information and the rest 95% is just padding)