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Name Manhattan
Type Surname (from location)
Usage English
Pronounced Pron. MAN-HAT-ən
Edit Status Statusnot set

Meaning & History

From the name of the most densely populated of the five boroughs of New York City, in the U.S. state of New York. Derived from the Munsee Lenape language term manaháhtaan (where manah- means "gather", -aht- means "bow" and -aan is an abstract element used to form verb stems), meaning "the place where we get bows" or "place for gathering the (wood to make) bows". It may also be derived from Munsee Lenape manna-hata meaning "island of many hills".
Added 2/19/2021 by General9696