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Manuel

/mɑnˈwɛl/

Manuel proper noun: a male given name from Spanish.

Proper noun

Manuel

  1. A male given name from Spanish.
    • But on a November morning in 2007, Manuel Jesus Cordova Soberanes and about 30 others from Magdalena were making a trek of their own, leaving town in search of opportunities they couldn’t find at home.2023 November 22, Catherine E. Shoichet, Thomas Lake, “A migrant crossed the border and found a scared, 9-year-old Arizona boy alone in the desert. The encounter changed them both”, in CNN, archived...
  2. A surname.

Origin of Manuel

Borrowed from Spanish and Portuguese Manuel, short for Emanuel.

Words formed from Manuel

Phrases with Manuel

Questions about Manuel

What does Manuel mean?
Manuel means a male given name from Spanish.
What part of speech is Manuel?
Manuel is a proper noun.
How do you pronounce Manuel?
Manuel is pronounced /mɑnˈwɛl/.

Words near Manuel in the dictionary

  1. manuductions
  2. manuductive
  3. manuductor
  4. manuductors
  5. manuductory
  6. Manuel
  7. Manuel Roxas
  8. Manuela
  9. Manuelgate
  10. Manueline
  11. Manuelitas

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Adapted from Wiktionary: Manuel (page history and authors). 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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