manila
Syllables: ma·nila/məˈnɪlə/
More pronunciations (1)Fewer pronunciations
/mɐˈni.lɐ/
manila adjective: made of manila paper or material like it.
Adjective
manila (not comparable)
- Made of manila paper or material like it.
- a manila envelope
- Yellow-brown; colored like manila paper.
Noun (1)
manila (usually uncountable, plural manilas)
- Fiber made from abaca (Manila hemp), used to make ropes and manila paper.
- The yellow-brown color of manila.
- A kind of cheroot manufactured in Manila.
Proper noun capitalized: Manila
Manila
- The capital city of the Philippines; the regional capital of Metro Manila, in the island of Luzon.
- 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.2007, Ronald Findlay, Kevin O'Rourke, Power and Plenty, Princeton University Press, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 173
- PNR trips were suspended at past 1 p.m. after the temblor struck Camarines Norte, but was felt in the city of Manila at Intensity 3.2022 December 8, Marc Jayson Cayabyab, “PNR suspends trips due to earthquake”, in The Philippine Star, archived from the original on 08 Dec 2022
- Metro Manila, the National Capital Region (NCR).
- the entirety of Luzon.
- 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.
Noun (2) capitalized: Manila
Manila (plural Manilas)
manila meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu
manila in Hindi
- मनिला, मनीला, मणिला
manila in Tamil
- மணிலா, மனிலா
manila in Marathi
- मनिला, मणिला
manila in Urdu
- منیلا, منیلہ
More languagesFewer languages
- manila in Bengali
- মনিলা, মানিলা, মণিলা
- manila in Telugu
- మణిలా, మనిలా, మనీలా
- manila in Malayalam
- മണില, മണിലാ, മനില
- manila in Kannada
- ಮಣಿಲಾ, ಮನಿಲಾ
- manila in Punjabi
- ਮਨੀਲਾ, ਮਨਿਲਾ
- manila in Gujarati
- મનિલા, મણિલા, મનીલા
- manila in Odia
- ମନିଲା, ମଣିଲା, ମାନିଲା
- manila in Nepali
- मनिला, मणिला, मनीला
Forms of manila
| Noun | |
|---|---|
| plural | manilas |
| plural | Manilas |
| Proper noun | |
| alternative historical | May-nilad |
| alternative form (nonstandard) | Maynila |
| alternative historical misspelling (archaic) | Manilla |
Origin of manila
From Manila.
From Spanish Manila, from Tagalog Maynila, from may (“there is”) + nila (“indigo”), Tagalog nila from Sanskrit नील (nīla).
Words formed from manila
- Manila bean
- Manila cheroot
- Manila cigar
- manila envelope
- manila folder
- Manila hemp
- manila paper
- New Manila
- nonmanila
Phrases with manila
Words that rhyme with manila
48 more rhymesFewer rhymes
- granadilla
- maxilla
- villa
- cascarilla
- cedilla
- coronilla
- mammilla
- mantilla
- Priscilla
- rachilla
- sabadilla
- sapodilla
- scilla
- scintilla
- tefilla
- Anguilla
- antiguerrilla
- aspergilla
- axizilla
- bitchzilla
- bridezilla
- camarilla
- Chipzilla
- couplezilla
- cuntzilla
- Drusilla
- Fedzilla
- fibrilla
- Godzilla
- groomzilla
- hemimaxilla
- hydrilla
- manilla
- millah
- momzilla
- perilla
- premaxilla
- promzilla
- salsilla
- scrilla
- sensilla
- septomaxilla
- serial killer
- sherilla
- Silla
- sinsemilla
- spirilla
- submaxilla
Questions about manila
- What does manila mean?
- Manila means made of manila paper or material like it.
- What is manila in Hindi?
- Manila in Hindi is मनिला, मनीला, मणिला. See Manila meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is manila?
- Manila can be an adjective, a noun or a proper noun.
- How do you pronounce manila?
- Manila is pronounced /mɐˈni.lɐ/ (Philippines).
Words near manila in the dictionary
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Adapted from Wiktionary: manila (page history and authors); Manila (page history and authors); manila (Hindi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); manila (Tamil, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); manila (Marathi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); manila (Urdu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); manila (Bengali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); manila (Telugu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); manila (Malayalam, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); manila (Kannada, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); manila (Punjabi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); manila (Gujarati, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); manila (Odia, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); manila (Nepali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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