Manila

See also: manila, manilą, Manilą, and manilla

English

Alternative forms

• May-nilad (historical, based on an antiquarian and inaccurate etymology)

Etymology

From Spanish Manila, which was ultimately from Tagalog Maynila, may-nila (“where indigo is found”).

Pronunciation

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

• Audio (CA)

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Proper noun

Manila

1. The capital city of the Philippines, located on the island of Luzon.
2. (loosely) Metro Manila.
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.

Derived terms

Derived terms

• Manila cheroot
• Manila cigar

• Manila hemp
• Manila paper

Translations

capital of the Philippines

• Arabic: مَانِيلَا‎ f (manīlā)
• Armenian: Մանիլա (Manila)
• Bikol Central: Manila
• Cebuano: Manila
• Chavacano: Manila
• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 馬尼拉 (maa⁵ nei⁴ laai¹)

  Mandarin: 馬尼拉 (zh), 马尼拉 (zh) (Mǎnílā)

• Czech: Manila (cs) f
• Danish: Manila (da)
• Dutch: Manilla (nl)
• Esperanto: Manilo (eo)
• Finnish: Manila (fi)
• French: Manille (fr) f
• German: Manila (de) n
• Greek: Μανίλα (el) f (Maníla)
• Hebrew: מָנִילָה‎ (he)
• Hindi: मनीला (manīlā)

• Ilocano: Manila
• Irish: Mainile f
• Italian: Manila (it) f
• Japanese: マニラ (ja) (Manira)
• Korean: 마닐라 (Manilla)
• Lao: ມະນີລາ (ma nī lā), ມານິລາ (mā ni lā)
• Maltese: Manila f
• Navajo: Manííla
• Portuguese: Manila (pt) f
• Russian: Мани́ла (ru) f (Maníla)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: Манила f

  Roman: Manila (sh) f

• Spanish: Manila (es) f
• Tagalog: Maynila
• Thai: มะนิลา (th) (má-ní-laa), กรุงมะนิลา (grung-má-ní-laa)

Noun

Manila (plural Manilas)

1. Venerupis philippinarum; a Pacific clam.

   I dug up a Manila clam! Manila is my favorite flavor of clam!

Anagrams

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

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Cebuano

Etymology

From Spanish Manila, from Tagalog Maynila.

Proper noun

Manila

1. Manila (the capital city of the Philippines)
2. (historical) Manila (a former province of the Philippines)
3. (historical) Intramuros
4. A town in Utah, United States

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German

Etymology

From Tagalog Maynila, from may nila (“there is Scyphophora”).

Proper noun

Manila n (genitive Manilas)

1. Manila (the capital city of the Philippines)

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Italian

Etymology

From Tagalog Maynila, from may nila (“there is Scyphophora”).

Proper noun

Manila f

1. Manila (the capital city of the Philippines)

Anagrams

• lamina

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Polish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /maˈɲi.la/

• audio

  (file)

Proper noun

Manila f

1. Manila (the capital city of the Philippines)

Declension

declension of Manila

	singular
nominative	Manila
genitive	Manili
dative	Manili
accusative	Manilę
instrumental	Manilą
locative	Manili
vocative	Manilo

Derived terms

• (adjective) manilski
• (nouns) manilczyk m pers, manilka f

Further reading

• Manila in Polish dictionaries at PWN

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Portuguese

Etymology

From Tagalog Maynila, from may nila (“there is Scyphophora”).

Proper noun

Manila f

1. Manila (the capital city of the Philippines)

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Serbo-Croatian

Pronunciation

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

Proper noun

Mȁnila f (Cyrillic spelling Ма̏нила)

1. Manila (the capital city of the Philippines)

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Spanish

Etymology

From Tagalog Maynila, from may nila (“there is Scyphophora”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /maˈnila/

Proper noun

Manila f

1. Manila (the capital city of the Philippines)