Standard Lemma guide

Manila

adj · name · noun · 16 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

Sound

Pronunciation

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  • Philippines: /mɐˈni.lɐ/
  • Philippines: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • General-American: /məˈnɪlə/
  • Midwestern-US: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • rhymes with -ɪlə
  • Canada, UK, US: /məˈnɪl.ə/
  • General-American: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • Canada: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • CMU ARPABET: M AH0 N IH1 L AH0 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

adj

Meaning 1

Made of manila paper or material like it.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: not-comparable

Examples

  • a manila envelope

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

adj

Meaning 2

Yellow-brown; colored like manila paper.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: not-comparable

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

3

name

Meaning 3

The capital city of the Philippines; the regional capital of Metro Manila, in the island of Luzon.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

4

name

Meaning 4

Metro Manila, the National Capital Region (NCR).

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: broadly

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

5

name

Meaning 5

the entirety of Luzon.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: broadly

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

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Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

6

name

Meaning 6

The national government or administrative authority of the Philippines.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: figuratively

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

7

name

Meaning 7

A small town, the county seat of Daggett County, Utah, United States.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

8

name

Meaning 8

A census-designated place in Humboldt County, California, United States.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

9

name

Meaning 9

A city in Mississippi County, Arkansas, United States.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

10

noun

Meaning 10

Venerupis philippinarum; a Pacific clam.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

11

noun

Meaning 11

Alternative form of manila (“kind of cheroot”).

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: alt-of, alternative

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

12

noun

Meaning 12

Fiber made from abaca (Manila hemp), used to make ropes and manila paper.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: uncountable, usually

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

13

noun

Meaning 13

The yellow-brown color of manila.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: uncountable, usually

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

14

noun

Meaning 14

A kind of cheroot manufactured in Manila.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: uncountable, usually

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

15

noun

Meaning 15

the capital and largest city of the Philippines; located on southern Luzon

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: capital of the Philippines

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: national capital

16

noun

Meaning 16

a strong paper or thin cardboard with a smooth light brown finish made from e.g. Manila hemp

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: manila paper, manilla, manilla paper

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: paper

History

Etymology

From Manila.

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

Across languages

Translations

98 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Polish: manilowy — made of manila paper
  • Polish: manilski — made of manila paper
  • Afrikaans: Manila — capital of the Philippines
  • Albanian: Manila — capital of the Philippines
  • Amharic: ማኒላ (manila) — capital of the Philippines
  • Arabic: مَانِيلَا (manīlā) — capital of the Philippines
  • Armenian: Մանիլա — capital of the Philippines
  • Asturian: Manila — capital of the Philippines
  • Azerbaijani: Manila — capital of the Philippines
  • Basque: Manila — capital of the Philippines
  • Belarusian: Мані́ла (Maníla) — capital of the Philippines
  • Belarusian: Мані́ля (Manílja) — capital of the Philippines
  • Bengali: ম্যানিলা (mênila) — capital of the Philippines
  • Central Bikol: Manila — capital of the Philippines
  • Bulgarian: Мани́ла (Maníla) — capital of the Philippines
  • Burmese: မနီလာမြို့ (ma.nilamrui.) — capital of the Philippines
  • Catalan: Manila — capital of the Philippines
  • Cebuano: Manila — capital of the Philippines
  • Chavacano: Manila — capital of the Philippines
  • Chinese Cantonese: 馬尼拉 /马尼拉 (maa5 nei4 laai1) — capital of the Philippines
  • Chinese: 馬尼拉 /马尼拉 (Má-nî-la / Má-ní-la / Ma-ni-la) — capital of the Philippines
  • Chinese: 岷尼拉 (Bîn-nî-la) — capital of the Philippines
  • Chinese: 岷里拉 (Bîn-lí-la / Bīn-ní-la̍p) — capital of the Philippines
  • Chinese Mandarin: 馬尼拉 /马尼拉 (Mǎnílā) — capital of the Philippines
  • Chinese Mandarin: 岷埠 (Mínbù) — capital of the Philippines
  • Czech: Manila — capital of the Philippines
  • Danish: Manila — capital of the Philippines
  • Dutch: Manilla — capital of the Philippines
  • Esperanto: Manilo — capital of the Philippines
  • Estonian: Manila — capital of the Philippines
  • Farefare: Manila — capital of the Philippines
  • Finnish: Manila — capital of the Philippines
  • French: Manille — capital of the Philippines
  • Galician: Manila — capital of the Philippines
  • Georgian: მანილა (manila) — capital of the Philippines
  • German: Manila — capital of the Philippines
  • Greek: Μανίλα (Maníla) — capital of the Philippines
  • Hebrew: מָנִילָה (manila) — capital of the Philippines
  • Hindi: मनीला (manīlā) — capital of the Philippines
  • Hungarian: Manila — capital of the Philippines
  • Icelandic: Maníla — capital of the Philippines
  • Ilocano: Manila — capital of the Philippines
  • Indonesian: Manila — capital of the Philippines
  • Irish: Mainile — capital of the Philippines
  • Italian: Manila — capital of the Philippines
  • Japanese: マニラ (Manira) — capital of the Philippines
  • Kannada: ಮನಿಲ (manila) — capital of the Philippines
  • Kapampangan: Menila — capital of the Philippines
  • Kazakh: Манила — capital of the Philippines
  • Khmer: ម៉ានីល (maaniil) — capital of the Philippines
  • Korean: 마닐라 — capital of the Philippines
  • Central Kurdish: مانیلا (manîla) — capital of the Philippines
  • Northern Kurdish: Manila — capital of the Philippines
  • Kyrgyz: Манила — capital of the Philippines
  • Lao: ມະນີລາ (ma nī lā) — capital of the Philippines
  • Lao: ມານິລາ (mā ni lā) — capital of the Philippines
  • Latvian: Manila — capital of the Philippines
  • Lithuanian: Manila — capital of the Philippines
  • Macedonian: Манила — capital of the Philippines
  • Malay: Manila — capital of the Philippines
  • Malayalam: മനില (manila) — capital of the Philippines
  • Maltese: Manila — capital of the Philippines
  • Māori: Manira — capital of the Philippines
  • Mongolian: Манила — capital of the Philippines
  • Norwegian Bokmål: Manila — capital of the Philippines
  • Pashto: مانيلا (mānilã) — capital of the Philippines
  • Persian: مانیل (mânil) — capital of the Philippines
  • Polish: Manila — capital of the Philippines
  • Portuguese: Manila — capital of the Philippines
  • Romanian: Manila — capital of the Philippines
  • Russian: Мани́ла (Maníla) — capital of the Philippines
  • Sambali: Ibali — capital of the Philippines
  • Serbo-Croatian: Ма̏нила — capital of the Philippines
  • Serbo-Croatian: Mȁnila — capital of the Philippines
  • Sinhalese: මැනිලා (mænilā) — capital of the Philippines
  • Slovak: Manila — capital of the Philippines
  • Slovene: Manila — capital of the Philippines
  • Spanish: Manila — capital of the Philippines
  • Swedish: Manila — capital of the Philippines
  • Tagalog: Maynila — capital of the Philippines
  • Tajik: Манила — capital of the Philippines
  • Tamil: மணிலா (maṇilā) — capital of the Philippines
  • Tatar: Манила — capital of the Philippines
  • Telugu: మనీలా (manīlā) — capital of the Philippines
  • Thai: มะนิลา (má-ní-laa) — capital of the Philippines
  • Tibetan: མ་ནི་ལ (ma ni la) — capital of the Philippines
  • Turkish: Manila — capital of the Philippines
  • Turkmen: Manila — capital of the Philippines
  • Ukrainian: Мані́ла (Maníla) — capital of the Philippines
  • Ukrainian: Мані́ля (Manílja) — capital of the Philippines
  • Urdu: منیلا (manīlā) — capital of the Philippines
  • Uyghur: مانىلا (manila) — capital of the Philippines
  • Uzbek: Manila — capital of the Philippines
  • Vietnamese: Manila — capital of the Philippines
  • Vietnamese: Ma Ní — capital of the Philippines
  • Vietnamese: Mã Ni La — capital of the Philippines
  • Yiddish: מאַנילאַ (manila) — capital of the Philippines
  • Bulgarian: манилски коноп (manilski konop) — fiber
Real reading context

Manila in complete knowledge articles