Manila Definition

mənilə
noun

Manila hemp.

Webster's New World
A cigar or cheroot made in Manila.
American Heritage

Manila paper.

Webster's New World
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pronoun

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

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adjective

Of or pertaining to Manila or Manilla, the capital of the Philippines; made in, or exported from, that city.

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Made of manila paper or material like it.
A manila envelope.
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Yellow-brown; colored like manila paper.
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Origin of Manila

  • 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 أمان الله (amān Allāh, “God's protection").

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  • Manila

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Manila Sentence Examples

  • The typhoon warnings sent out from the Manila observatory annually save heavy loss of life and property.

  • Calbayog has an important export trade in hemp, which is shipped to Manila.

  • It is, however, principally a cordage fibre, and in tensile strength it is second only to manila hemp; but it does not bear well the alternations of wet and dry to which ship-ropes are subject.

  • Among the imported flora are tea, Siberian coffee, cocoa, Ceara rubber (which has not done well), Manila hemp, teak, cocoanut and a number of ornamental trees, fruit-trees, vegetables and garden plants.

  • His young widow took command of the survivors and brought them safely to Manila.

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Words Starting With

MMAMAN

Words Ending With

ALAILA

Unscrambles

manila

Words Starting With M and Ending With A

Starts With M & Ends With AStarts With MA & Ends With AStarts With M & Ends With LA

Word Length

6 Letter Words6 Letter Words Starting With M6 Letter Words Ending With A