Manila

See also: manila and manilla

English

Wikipedia

Alternative forms

• Manilla (nonstandard)
• May Nilad (historical)

Etymology

Tagalog Maynila, from may nilad (may ‎(“there is”), nilad a kind of flowering plant once found in the low-lying banks of the Pasig River), probably under influence via Spanish, from أَمَان اَللّٰه ‎(ʾamān allāh, “God’s protection”).

Pronunciation

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

• Audio (US)

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Proper noun

Manila

1. The capital of the Philippines, located on the island of Luzon.

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, 马尼拉 (zh) ‎(Mǎnílā)

• Czech: Manila (cs) f
• Danish: Manila (da)
• Dutch: Manilla (nl)
• Esperanto: Manilo
• Finnish: Manila (fi)
• French: Manille (fr) f
• German: Manila (de) n
• Greek: Μανίλα (el) f ‎(Maníla)

• Hindi: मनीला ‎(Manīlā)
• Ilocano: Manila
• Italian: Manila (it) f
• Japanese: マニラ (ja) ‎(Manira)
• Korean: 마닐라 (ko) ‎(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 ‎(má-ní-laa), กรุงมะนิลา ‎(grung-má-ní-laa)

Anagrams

• Almain
• aminal
• animal
• lamina
• maalin
• Malian

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German

Proper noun

Manila ? ‎(genitive Manila)

1. Manila

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Italian

Proper noun

Manila f

1. Manila

Anagrams

• lamina

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Polish

Wikipedia ^pl

Pronunciation

• audio

  (file)

Proper noun

Manila f

1. Manila (capital of the Philippines)

Declension

declension of Manila

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

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Portuguese

Proper noun

Manila f

1. Manila (the capital city of the Philippines)

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Serbo-Croatian

Wikipedia ^sh

Pronunciation

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

Proper noun

Mȁnila f ‎(Cyrillic spelling Ма̏нила)

1. Manila

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Spanish

Proper noun

Manila f

1. Manila