Manila

See also: manila and manilla

English

Alternative forms

• Manilla (nonstandard)
• May Nilad (historical)

Etymology

From 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 (CA)

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Proper noun

Manila

1. The capital of the Philippines, located on the island of Luzon.
2. A small town in Utah, USA, and the county seat of Daggett County.

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)
• Hindi: मनीला (Manīlā)

• Ilocano: Manila
• Irish: Mainile f
• 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, Animal, Malian, Milana, al-Amin, aminal, animal, lamina, maalin

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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

Pronunciation

• audio

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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

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