manhattan

Other forms of manhattan

plural

manhattans·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about manhattan

What does manhattan mean?

manhattan means "one of the five boroughs of New York City". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in manhattan?

manhattan has 3 syllables: man-hat-tan. The stress falls on "hat". In IPA it is /mænˈhætən/.

Is manhattan a common word?

manhattan is banded "Common" — everyday vocabulary in speech and writing. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.