Manila
English[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
- Maynila (nonstandard)
- May-nilad (historical, based on an antiquarian and inaccurate etymology)
- Manilla (archaic, historical, mispelling)
Etymology[edit]
From Spanish Manila, from Tagalog Maynila, from may (“there is”) + nila (“indigo”), Tagalog nila from Sanskrit नील (nīla).
Pronunciation[edit]
Proper noun[edit]
Manila
- The capital city of the Philippines, located on the island of Luzon, specifically the city of Manila or Intramuros.
- 2007, Findlay, Ronald; O'Rourke, Kevin, Power and Plenty[1], 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.
- (loosely) Metro Manila, the National Capital Region (NCR).
- (figuratively) The national government or administrative authority of the Philippines.
- A small town, the county seat of Daggett County, Utah, United States.
- A census-designated place in Humboldt County, California, United States.
- A city in Mississippi County, Arkansas, United States
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Noun[edit]
Manila (plural Manilas)
Anagrams[edit]
Cebuano[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Borrowed from Spanish Manila, from Tagalog Maynila.
Pronunciation[edit]
Proper noun[edit]
Manila or Manilà
- Manila (the capital city of the Philippines)
- (loosely) Metro Manila, National Capital Region (a region, a metropolitan area in the Philippines)
- (historical) Manila (a former province of the Philippines)
- (historical) Manila (the capital city of Spanish-era Philippines; modern Intramuros)
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Czech[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Proper noun[edit]
Manila f (related adjective manilský)
- Manila (the capital city of the Philippines)
Declension[edit]
Further reading[edit]
- Manila in Internetová jazyková příručka
German[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Borrowed from Spanish Manila, from Tagalog Maynila, from may (“there is”) + nila (“indigo”), Tagalog nila from Sanskrit नील (nīla).
Proper noun[edit]
Manila n (proper noun, genitive Manilas or (optionally with an article) Manila)
- Manila (the capital city of the Philippines)
Italian[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Borrowed from Spanish Manila, from Tagalog Maynila, from may (“there is”) + nila (“indigo”), Tagalog nila from Sanskrit नील (nīla).
Pronunciation[edit]
Proper noun[edit]
Manila f
- Manila (the capital city of the Philippines)
Anagrams[edit]
Polish[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Proper noun[edit]
Manila f
- Manila (the capital city of the Philippines)
Declension[edit]
Derived terms[edit]
Further reading[edit]
- Manila in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
- Manila in Polish dictionaries at PWN
Portuguese[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Spanish Manila, from Tagalog Maynila, from may (“there is”) + nila (“indigo”), Tagalog nila from Sanskrit नील (nīla).
Pronunciation[edit]
- Hyphenation: Ma‧ni‧la
Proper noun[edit]
Manila
- Manila (the capital city of the Philippines)
Serbo-Croatian[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Proper noun[edit]
Mȁnila f (Cyrillic spelling Ма̏нила)
- Manila (the capital city of the Philippines)
Slovak[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Proper noun[edit]
Manila f (genitive singular Manily, declension pattern of žena)
- Manila (the capital of the Philippines)
References[edit]
- Manila in Slovak dictionaries at slovnik.juls.savba.sk
Spanish[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Borrowed from Tagalog Maynila, from may (“there is”) + nila (“indigo”), Tagalog nila from Sanskrit नील (nīla).
Pronunciation[edit]
Proper noun[edit]
Manila f
- Manila (the capital city of the Philippines)
Further reading[edit]
- “Manila”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
- English terms borrowed from Spanish
- English terms derived from Spanish
- English terms derived from Tagalog
- Tagalog compound terms
- English terms derived from Sanskrit
- English 3-syllable words
- English terms with IPA pronunciation
- Rhymes:English/ɪlə
- English terms with audio links
- English lemmas
- English proper nouns
- en:Cities in the Philippines
- en:National capitals
- en:Places in the Philippines
- English terms with quotations
- en:Towns in Utah, USA
- en:Towns in the United States
- en:County seats of Utah, USA
- en:Places in Utah, USA
- en:Places in the United States
- en:Census-designated places in California, USA
- en:Census-designated places in the United States
- en:Places in California, USA
- en:Cities in Arkansas, USA
- en:Cities in the United States
- en:Places in Arkansas, USA
- English nouns
- English countable nouns
- en:Venerida order mollusks
- Cebuano terms borrowed from Spanish
- Cebuano terms derived from Spanish
- Cebuano terms derived from Tagalog
- Cebuano terms with IPA pronunciation
- Cebuano lemmas
- Cebuano proper nouns
- ceb:Cities in the Philippines
- ceb:National capitals
- ceb:Places in the Philippines
- ceb:Regions of the Philippines
- Cebuano terms with historical senses
- ceb:Historical political subdivisions
- Czech terms with IPA pronunciation
- Czech lemmas
- Czech proper nouns
- Czech feminine nouns
- cs:Cities in the Philippines
- cs:National capitals
- cs:Places in the Philippines
- Czech uncountable nouns
- Czech hard feminine nouns
- German terms borrowed from Spanish
- German terms derived from Spanish
- German terms derived from Tagalog
- German terms derived from Sanskrit
- German lemmas
- German proper nouns
- German neuter nouns
- de:Cities in the Philippines
- de:National capitals
- de:Places in the Philippines
- Italian terms borrowed from Spanish
- Italian terms derived from Spanish
- Italian terms derived from Tagalog
- Italian terms derived from Sanskrit
- Italian 3-syllable words
- Italian terms with IPA pronunciation
- Rhymes:Italian/ila
- Rhymes:Italian/ila/3 syllables
- Italian lemmas
- Italian proper nouns
- Italian feminine nouns
- it:Cities in the Philippines
- it:National capitals
- it:Places in the Philippines
- Polish 3-syllable words
- Polish terms with IPA pronunciation
- Polish terms with audio links
- Rhymes:Polish/ila
- Rhymes:Polish/ila/3 syllables
- Polish terms with homophones
- Polish lemmas
- Polish proper nouns
- Polish feminine nouns
- pl:Cities in the Philippines
- pl:National capitals
- pl:Places in the Philippines
- Polish singularia tantum
- Portuguese terms borrowed from Spanish
- Portuguese terms derived from Spanish
- Portuguese terms derived from Tagalog
- Portuguese terms derived from Sanskrit
- Portuguese 3-syllable words
- Portuguese terms with IPA pronunciation
- Portuguese lemmas
- Portuguese proper nouns
- pt:Cities in the Philippines
- pt:National capitals
- pt:Places in the Philippines
- Serbo-Croatian terms with IPA pronunciation
- Serbo-Croatian lemmas
- Serbo-Croatian proper nouns
- Serbo-Croatian feminine nouns
- sh:Cities in the Philippines
- sh:National capitals
- sh:Places in the Philippines
- Slovak terms with IPA pronunciation
- Slovak lemmas
- Slovak proper nouns
- Slovak feminine nouns
- sk:Cities in the Philippines
- sk:National capitals
- sk:Places in the Philippines
- Spanish terms borrowed from Tagalog
- Spanish terms derived from Tagalog
- Spanish terms derived from Sanskrit
- Spanish 3-syllable words
- Spanish terms with IPA pronunciation
- Rhymes:Spanish/ila
- Rhymes:Spanish/ila/3 syllables
- Spanish lemmas
- Spanish proper nouns
- Spanish feminine nouns
- es:Cities in the Philippines
- es:National capitals
- es:Places in the Philippines