Greater Manchesterとは 意味・読み方・使い方

固有名詞

Greater Manchester

1. A metropolitan county in northwest England comprising the cities of Manchester and Salford, and the metropolitan boroughs of Bolton, Bury, Oldham, Rochdale, Stockport, Tameside, Trafford and Wigan. Greater Manchester borders Merseyside, Cheshire, Lancashire, West Yorkshire and Derbyshire
   • 1991 Human Rights Watch, "Human rights in Northern Ireland" - Page 71

     John Stalker, Deputy Chief Constable of Greater Manchester, England, was asked to go to Northern Ireland to investigate killings by security forces of six unarmed men in three separate incidents in a five-week period in 1982.

   • 2001 Ismail Serageldin et al, "Historic cities and sacred sites: cultural roots for urban futures" - Page 251

     For example, of the thousand or so textile factories that survive in Greater Manchester, among the most tangible reminders of the country's leading role in the Industrial Revolution, only 100 (10 percent) are listed.

   • 2004 K.K.Sharma, "Tourism and Regional Development" - Page 166

     In the post-family phase, growth rates are less than the national average, with a degree of localised growth in the industrial towns of Greater Manchester, West Lancashire and districts of North Cheshire though not in Merseyside.