Manayunk, Philadelphia

Manayunk is a neighborhood in the section of Lower <a href="/facts/Northwest_Philadelphia/DpyCQToX">Northwest Philadelphia</a> in the state of <a href="/facts/Pennsylvania/HGqC5bBm">Pennsylvania</a>. Located adjacent to the neighborhoods of <a href="/facts/Roxborough%2c_Philadelphia/FQX2VGDl">Roxborough</a> and <a href="/facts/Wissahickon%2c_Philadelphia/0bA3IV5b">Wissahickon</a> and also on the banks of the <a href="/facts/Schuylkill_River/oQ4Vdpz3">Schuylkill River</a>, Manayunk contains the first canal begun in the United States (although not the first completed, due to budget problems).
The area's name is derived from the language of the <a href="/facts/Lenape/nPwqEfld">Lenape</a> Native American tribe. In 1686, in documents between <a href="/facts/William_Penn/LMWEtMpa">William Penn</a> and the Lenape, the Lenape referred to the Schuylkill River as "Manaiung", their word for "river", which literally translates as "place to drink"; the word was later altered and adopted as the town's name.
Although historically a working class community, in recent years the neighborhood has been substantially <a href="/facts/Gentrification/kk1nchr7">gentrified</a>.

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Manayunk, Philadelphia