name
Meaning 1
A barangay of Dagami, Leyte, Philippines.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
abaca
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Pronunciation
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Received-Pronunciation: /ˈæb.əˌkɑː/
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Received-Pronunciation: /ˈæb.əˌkə/
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General-American: /ˈæb.əˌkɑ/
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noun
Meaning 2
Musa textilis, a species of banana tree native to the Philippines grown for its textile, rope- and papermaking fibre.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: Manila hemp, textile banana
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 3
The fiber of this plant, used in rope, fibers, and cloth.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: uncountable
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: Manila hemp, Manilla hemp
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 4
Philippine banana tree having leafstalks that yield Manila hemp used for rope and paper etc
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: Manila hemp, Musa textilis
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: banana, banana tree
noun
Meaning 5
a kind of hemp obtained from the abaca plant in the Philippines
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: Manila hemp, Manilla hemp
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: hemp
History
Etymology
From Spanish abacá, from Tagalog abaka.
Across languages
Translations
47 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Arabic: قِنَّب مَانِيلَا (qinnab manilā) — plant
- Bulgarian: абака (abaka) — plant
- Catalan: abacà — plant
- Chinese Mandarin: 蕉麻 (jiāomá) — plant
- Chinese Mandarin: 马尼拉麻 (mǎnílā má) — plant
- Czech: manilské konopí — plant
- Danish: abaca — plant
- Dutch: manillahennep — plant
- Dutch: abaca — plant
- Estonian: kanepbanaan — plant
- Estonian: manillakanep — plant
- Estonian: kiubanaan — plant
- Estonian: kiudbanaan — plant
- Finnish: manila — plant
- Finnish: abaca — plant
- Finnish: manilahamppu — plant
- French: abaca — plant
- Galician: abacá — plant
- German: Abaka — plant
- Greek: αβάκα (aváka) — plant
- Hawaiian: ʻapaka — plant
- Hiligaynon: abaká — plant
- Indonesian: pisang serat — plant
- Indonesian: pisang manila — plant
- Indonesian: abaka — plant
- Italian: abaca — plant
- Ivatan: avaka — plant
- Japanese: マニラ麻 (maniraasa) — plant
- Japanese: マニラ糸芭蕉 (maniraitobashō) — plant
- Kapampangan: abaka — plant
- Macedonian: а́бака (ábaka) — plant
- Malay: ڤيسڠ بنڠ — plant
- Malay: ڤيسڠ مانيلا — plant
- Malay: ڤيسڠ تالي — plant
- Malay: اباک — plant
- Malay: pisang benang — plant
- Malay: pisang manila — plant
- Malay: pisang tali — plant
- Malay: abaka — plant
- Norwegian Bokmål: abaca — plant
- Polish: banan manilski — plant
- Portuguese: abacá — plant
- Romanian: abaca — plant
- Russian: тексти́льный бана́н (tekstílʹnyj banán) — plant
- Russian: абака́ (abaká) — plant
- Spanish: abacá — plant
- Tagalog: abaka — plant