Manila
English edit
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- Maynila (nonstandard)
- May-nilad (historical, based on an antiquarian and inaccurate etymology)
- Manilla (archaic, historical, misspelling)
Etymology edit
From Spanish Manila, from Tagalog Maynila, from may (“there is”) + nila (“indigo”), Tagalog nila from Sanskrit नील (nīla).
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Manila
- The capital city of the Philippines; regional capital of Metro Manila, in the island of Luzon.
- 2007, Ronald Findlay, Kevin O'Rourke, Power and Plenty[1], Princeton University Press, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 173:
- 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.
- (loosely) Metro Manila, the National Capital Region (NCR).
- (figuratively) 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
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Manila (plural Manilas)
- Venerupis philippinarum; a Pacific clam.
- Alternative form of manila (“kind of cheroot”)
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Manila
- Manila (the capital city of the Philippines; regional capital of Metro Manila, in the island of Luzon)
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Borrowed from Spanish Manila, from Tagalog Maynila.
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Manila or Manilà (Badlit spelling ᜋᜈᜒᜎ)
- Manila (the capital city of the Philippines; regional capital of Metro Manila, in the island of Luzon)
- (loosely) Metro Manila, National Capital Region (a region and metropolitan area in the Philippines)
- (historical) Manila (a former province of the Philippines)
- (historical) Manila (the capital city of Spanish-era Philippines; modern Intramuros)
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Manila f (related adjective manilský)
- Manila (the capital city of the Philippines; regional capital of Metro Manila, in the island of Luzon)
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- Manila in Internetová jazyková příručka
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Etymology edit
Borrowed from Spanish Manila, from Tagalog Maynila, from may (“there is”) + nila (“indigo”), Tagalog nila from Sanskrit नील (nīla).
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Manila n (proper noun, genitive Manilas or (optionally with an article) Manila)
- Manila (the capital city of the Philippines; regional capital of Metro Manila, in the island of Luzon)
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Manila
- Manila (the capital of the Philippines)
Italian edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Spanish Manila, from Tagalog Maynila, from may (“there is”) + nila (“indigo”), Tagalog nila from Sanskrit नील (nīla).
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Manila f
- Manila (the capital city of the Philippines; regional capital of Metro Manila, in the island of Luzon)
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Manila f (related adjective manilski)
- Manila (the capital city of the Philippines)
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Etymology edit
From Spanish Manila, from Tagalog Maynila, from may (“there is”) + nila (“indigo”), Tagalog nila from Sanskrit नील (nīla).
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- Hyphenation: Ma‧ni‧la
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Manila
- Manila (the capital city of the Philippines; regional capital of Metro Manila, in the island of Luzon)
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Mȁnila f (Cyrillic spelling Ма̏нила)
- Manila (the capital city of the Philippines; regional capital of Metro Manila, in the island of Luzon)
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Manila f (genitive singular Manily, declension pattern of žena)
- Manila (the capital city of the Philippines; regional capital of Metro Manila, in the island of Luzon)
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- “Manila”, in Slovníkový portál Jazykovedného ústavu Ľ. Štúra SAV [Dictionary portal of the Ľ. Štúr Institute of Linguistics, Slovak Academy of Science] (in Slovak), https://slovnik.juls.savba.sk, 2024
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Etymology edit
Borrowed from Tagalog Maynila, from may (“there is”) + nila (“indigo”), Tagalog nila from Sanskrit नील (nīla).
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Manila f
- Manila (the capital city of the Philippines; regional capital of Metro Manila, in the island of Luzon)
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- “Manila”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
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- (Hà Nội) IPA(key): [maː˧˧ ni˧˧ laː˧˧]
- (Huế) IPA(key): [maː˧˧ nɪj˧˧ laː˧˧]
- (Hồ Chí Minh City) IPA(key): [maː˧˧ nɪj˧˧ laː˧˧]
- Phonetic: ma ni la
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Manila
- Manila (the capital of the Philippines)
- Synonym: Ma Ní