Manila

• Maynila (nonstandard)
• May-nilad (historical, based on an antiquarian and inaccurate etymology)
• Manilla (archaic, historical, mispelling)

From Spanish Manila, from Tagalog Maynila, from may (“there is”) +‎ nila (“indigo”), Tagalog nila from Sanskrit नील (nīla).

• (UK, US) IPA^(key): /məˈnɪl.ə/
• Hyphenation: ma‧nila
• Rhymes: -ɪlə

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Manila

1. The capital city of the Philippines, located on the island of Luzon, specifically the city of Manila or Intramuros.
   • 2007, Findlay, Ronald; O'Rourke, Kevin, Power and Plenty‎, Princeton University Press, →ISBN, LCCN 2007931677, OCLC 1204059663, 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.

2. (loosely) Metro Manila, the National Capital Region (NCR).
3. (figuratively) The national government or administrative authority of the Philippines.
4. A small town, the county seat of Daggett County, Utah, United States.
5. A census-designated place in Humboldt County, California, United States.
6. A city in Mississippi County, Arkansas, United States

Manila (plural Manilas)

1. Venerupis philippinarum; a Pacific clam.

• Alamin, Almain, Animal, Malian, Milana, al-Amin, almain, aminal, animal, lamina, maalin

Borrowed from Spanish Manila, from Tagalog Maynila.

• Hyphenation: Ma‧ni‧la
• IPA^(key): /maˈnila/, [mʌˈn̪i.l̪ʌ]
• IPA^(key): /maˈnilaʔ/, [mʌˈn̪i.l̪ʌʔ]

Manila or Manilà

1. Manila (the capital city of the Philippines)
2. (loosely) Metro Manila, National Capital Region (a region, a metropolitan area in the Philippines)
3. (historical) Manila (a former province of the Philippines)
4. (historical) Manila (the capital city of Spanish-era Philippines; modern Intramuros)

Borrowed from Spanish Manila, from Tagalog Maynila, from may (“there is”) +‎ nila (“indigo”), Tagalog nila from Sanskrit नील (nīla).

Manila n (proper noun, genitive Manilas or (optionally with an article) Manila)

1. Manila (the capital city of the Philippines)

Borrowed from Spanish Manila, from Tagalog Maynila, from may (“there is”) +‎ nila (“indigo”), Tagalog nila from Sanskrit नील (nīla).

• IPA^(key): /maˈni.la/
• Rhymes: -ila
• Hyphenation: Ma‧nì‧la

Manila f

1. Manila (the capital city of the Philippines)

• lamina, manali

• IPA^(key): /maˈɲi.la/

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• Rhymes: -ila
• Syllabification: Ma‧ni‧la
• Homophone: manila

Manila f

1. Manila (the capital city of the Philippines)

• Manila in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• Manila in Polish dictionaries at PWN

From Spanish Manila, from Tagalog Maynila, from may (“there is”) +‎ nila (“indigo”), Tagalog nila from Sanskrit नील (nīla).

• Hyphenation: Ma‧ni‧la

Manila

1. Manila (the capital city of the Philippines)

• IPA^(key): /mânila/
• Hyphenation: Ma‧ni‧la

Mȁnila f (Cyrillic spelling Ма̏нила)

1. Manila (the capital city of the Philippines)

• IPA^(key): [ˈmanila]

Manila f (genitive singular Manily, declension pattern of žena)

1. Manila (the capital of the Philippines)

• Manila in Slovak dictionaries at slovnik.juls.savba.sk

From Tagalog Maynila, from may (“there is”) +‎ nila (“indigo”), Tagalog nila from Sanskrit नील (nīla).

• IPA^(key): /maˈnila/ [maˈni.la]
• Rhymes: -ila
• Syllabification: Ma‧ni‧la

Manila f

1. Manila (the capital city of the Philippines)

• “Manila”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014