Manhattan (disambiguation) - Definition and Overview

The word "Manhattan", when used by itself, can refer to any of the following places or things:

• Manhattan - a borough of New York City
• Manhattan, Illinois - a village in the United States
• Manhattan, Kansas - a city in the United States
• Manhattan, Montana - a town in the United States
• Manhattan - a 1979 movie directed by Woody Allen
• Manhattan - a cocktail
• Manhattan wiring - a technique for laying out circuits in computer engineering.

In addition, "Manhattan" is part of the name of the following:

• Manhattan Beach, California - a town in the United States
• The Manhattan Bridge - a bridge that connects the boroughs of Brooklyn and Manhattan in the New York City, and is roughly parallel to the Brooklyn Bridge
• The Manhattan Project that built the first atomic bomb.
• Dr Manhattan, a character in the comic Watchmen.

See also: Manhattan distance, Manhattan Transfer.