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German
Etymology
Blend of Main + Manhattan, because of Frankfurt’s role as the financial centre of Germany and its (by German standards) unusual concentration of skyscrapers.
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Mainhattan n (proper noun, genitive Mainhattans or (optionally with an article) Mainhattan)
- (humorous) Nickname for the city of Frankfurt am Main.
2011, Christian Chin Meyer, Ohne Miese durch die Krise: Fast legale Finanztipps für harte Zeiten -, Südwest Verlag, →ISBN:Banker wie Josef Ackermann sind arme Süchtige, letztlich High-Finance-Fixer, abhängige »Hypotheken-Junkies« aus Mainhattan! Die Karriere eines Bankers mit Gendeffekt gleicht der eines Crack-Süchtigen.- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
2015, Robert Mauren, Ein Mann im Schatten, AAVAA Verlag UG, →ISBN:Die schwarzen Clubsessel, die kupferfarbenen Wände und der spektakuläre Ausblick auf Mainhattan, all das zusammen erzeugte eine entspannte und gleichzeitig gediegene Atmosphäre.- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
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