Manila

• Maynila (nonstandard)
• May-nilad (historical, based on an antiquarian and inaccurate etymology)
• Manilla (archaic, historical, misspelling)

From Spanish Manila, from Tagalog Maynila, from may (“there is”) +‎ nila (“indigo”), Tagalog nila from Sanskrit नील (nīla).

• (Philippine) IPA^(key): /mɐˈni.lɐ/
• (UK, US) IPA^(key): /məˈnɪl.ə/
• Hyphenation: ma‧nila
• Rhymes: -ɪlə

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Manila

1. The capital city of the Philippines; regional capital of Metro Manila, in the island of Luzon.
   • 2007, Ronald Findlay, Kevin O'Rourke, Power and Plenty‎, Princeton University Press, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 173:

     Chinese traders, mostly from the southern ports of Amoy (Hsia-men) and Canton, took raw silk, fabrics, and apparel to Manila, where these cargoes were sold for silver and carried back for sale in the New World.

2. (loosely) Metro Manila, the National Capital Region (NCR).
3. (figuratively) The national government or administrative authority of the Philippines.
4. A small town, the county seat of Daggett County, Utah, United States.
5. A census-designated place in Humboldt County, California, United States.
6. A city in Mississippi County, Arkansas, United States

Manila (plural Manilas)

1. Venerupis philippinarum; a Pacific clam.
2. Alternative form of manila (“kind of cheroot”)

• Alamin, Almain, Animal, Malian, Milana, al-Amin, almain, aminal, animal, lamina, maalin

Manila

1. Manila (the capital city of the Philippines; regional capital of Metro Manila, in the island of Luzon)

• Manileen
• Manileens

Borrowed from Spanish Manila, from Tagalog Maynila.

• IPA^(key): /maˈnila/, [mʌˈn̪i.l̪ʌ]
• IPA^(key): /maˈnilaʔ/, [mʌˈn̪i.l̪ʌʔ]
• Hyphenation: Ma‧ni‧la

Manila or Manilà (Badlit spelling ᜋᜈᜒᜎ)

1. Manila (the capital city of the Philippines; regional capital of Metro Manila, in the island of Luzon)
2. (loosely) Metro Manila, National Capital Region (a region and metropolitan area in the Philippines)
3. (historical) Manila (a former province of the Philippines)
4. (historical) Manila (the capital city of Spanish-era Philippines; modern Intramuros)

• IPA^(key): [ˈmanɪla]

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Manila f (related adjective manilský)

1. Manila (the capital city of the Philippines; regional capital of Metro Manila, in the island of Luzon)

• Manila in Internetová jazyková příručka

Borrowed from Spanish Manila, from Tagalog Maynila, from may (“there is”) +‎ nila (“indigo”), Tagalog nila from Sanskrit नील (nīla).

Manila n (proper noun, genitive Manilas or (optionally with an article) Manila)

1. Manila (the capital city of the Philippines; regional capital of Metro Manila, in the island of Luzon)

From Dutch Manilla.

• IPA^(key): /maˈnila/, [maˈni.la]

Manila

1. Manila (the capital of the Philippines)

Borrowed from Spanish Manila, from Tagalog Maynila, from may (“there is”) +‎ nila (“indigo”), Tagalog nila from Sanskrit नील (nīla).

• IPA^(key): /maˈni.la/
• Rhymes: -ila
• Hyphenation: Ma‧nì‧la

Manila f

1. Manila (the capital city of the Philippines; regional capital of Metro Manila, in the island of Luzon)

• lamina, manali

Borrowed from Spanish Manila.

• IPA^(key): /maˈɲi.la/

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• Rhymes: -ila
• Syllabification: Ma‧ni‧la
• Homophone: manila

Manila f (related adjective manilski)

1. Manila (the capital city of the Philippines)

• Manila in Polish dictionaries at PWN
• Manila in PWN's encyclopedia

From Spanish Manila, from Tagalog Maynila, from may (“there is”) +‎ nila (“indigo”), Tagalog nila from Sanskrit नील (nīla).

• Hyphenation: Ma‧ni‧la

Manila

1. Manila (the capital city of the Philippines; regional capital of Metro Manila, in the island of Luzon)

• IPA^(key): /mânila/
• Hyphenation: Ma‧ni‧la

Mȁnila f (Cyrillic spelling Ма̏нила)

1. Manila (the capital city of the Philippines; regional capital of Metro Manila, in the island of Luzon)

• IPA^(key): [ˈmaɲila]

Manila f (genitive singular Manily, declension pattern of žena)

1. Manila (the capital city of the Philippines; regional capital of Metro Manila, in the island of Luzon)

• “Manila”, in Slovníkový portál Jazykovedného ústavu Ľ. Štúra SAV [Dictionary portal of the Ľ. Štúr Institute of Linguistics, Slovak Academy of Science] (in Slovak), https://slovnik.juls.savba.sk, 2024

Borrowed from Tagalog Maynila, from may (“there is”) +‎ nila (“indigo”), Tagalog nila from Sanskrit नील (nīla).

• IPA^(key): /maˈnila/ [maˈni.la]
• Rhymes: -ila
• Syllabification: Ma‧ni‧la

Manila f

1. Manila (the capital city of the Philippines; regional capital of Metro Manila, in the island of Luzon)

• “Manila”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014

• Ma-ni-la

From English Manila.

• (Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [maː˧˧ ni˧˧ laː˧˧]
• (Huế) IPA^(key): [maː˧˧ nɪj˧˧ laː˧˧]
• (Hồ Chí Minh City) IPA^(key): [maː˧˧ nɪj˧˧ laː˧˧]
• Phonetic: ma ni la

Manila

1. Manila (the capital of the Philippines)

   Synonym: Ma Ní