# Manila
## English
### Alternative forms

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

### Etymology

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

### Pronunciation

* (Philippines) IPA: /mɐˈni.lɐ/
* (UK, US) IPA: /məˈnɪl.ə/
* Hyphenation: ma‧ni‧la
* Rhymes: -ɪlə
* Audio (Canada):(file)
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### Proper noun

Manila
* The capital city of the Philippines; the regional capital of Metro Manila, in the island of Luzon.
    Meronyms: Binondo, Ermita, Intramuros, Malate, Paco, Pandacan, Port Area, Quiapo, Sampaloc, San Andres, San Miguel, San Nicolas, Santa Ana, Santa Cruz, Santa Mesa, Tondo — districts of Manila
** 2007, Ronald Findlay, Kevin O'Rourke, Power and Plenty‎, 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

#### Derived terms

* Manila cheroot
* Manila cigar
* Manila hemp
* Manila paper
* New Manila

#### Translations
### Noun

Manila (plural Manilas)
* Venerupis philippinarum; a Pacific clam.
* Alternative form of manila (“kind of cheroot”)

### Anagrams

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

## Afrikaans
### Proper noun

Manila
* Manila (the capital city of the Philippines; the regional capital of Metro Manila, in the island of Luzon)

#### Related terms

* Manileen
* Manileens

## Cebuano
### Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish Manila, from Tagalog Maynila.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /maˈnila/ [mɐˈn̪i.l̪ɐ]
* IPA: /maˈnilaʔ/ [mɐˈn̪i.l̪ɐʔ]
* Hyphenation: Ma‧ni‧la

### Proper noun

Manila or Manilà (Badlit spelling ᜋᜈᜒᜎ)
* Manila (the capital city of the Philippines; the 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)

#### Derived terms

* Manilan-on

#### Related terms

* Manilenyo

## Czech
### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈmanɪla]
* Audio:(file)

### Proper noun

Manila f (relational adjective manilský)
* Manila (the capital city of the Philippines; the regional capital of Metro Manila, in the island of Luzon)

#### Declension
### Further reading

* “Manila”, in Internetová jazyková příručka (in Czech), 2008–2025

## German
### Etymology

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

### Proper noun

Manila n (proper noun, genitive Manilas or (optionally with an article) Manila)
* Manila (the capital city of the Philippines; the regional capital of Metro Manila, in the island of Luzon)

## Indonesian
### Etymology

From Dutch Manilla.

### Pronunciation

* (Standard Indonesian) IPA: /maˈnila/ [maˈni.la]
* Rhymes: -ila
* Syllabification: Ma‧ni‧la

### Proper noun

Manila
* Manila (the capital of the Philippines)

## Italian
### Etymology

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

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /maˈni.la/
* Rhymes: -ila
* Hyphenation: Ma‧nì‧la

### Proper noun

Manila f
* Manila (the capital city of the Philippines; the regional capital of Metro Manila, in the island of Luzon)

### Anagrams

* lamina, manali

## Polish
### Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish Manila.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /maˈɲi.la/
* Audio:(file)
* Rhymes: -ila
* Syllabification: Ma‧ni‧la
* Homophone: manila

### Proper noun

Manila f (related adjective manilski)
* Manila (the capital city of the Philippines)

#### Derived terms

* manila
* manilczyk
* manilka

#### Related terms

* manilowy

### Further reading

* Manila in Polish dictionaries at PWN
* Manila in PWN's encyclopedia

## Portuguese
### Etymology

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

### Pronunciation

* (Brazil) IPA: /maˈni.lɐ/
* (Brazil) IPA: /maˈni.lɐ/
** (Southern Brazil) IPA: /maˈni.la/
* (Portugal) IPA: /mɐˈni.lɐ/
* Hyphenation: Ma‧ni‧la

### Proper noun

Manila
* Manila (the capital city of the Philippines; the regional capital of Metro Manila, in the island of Luzon)

## Serbo-Croatian
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /mânila/
* Hyphenation: Ma‧ni‧la

### Proper noun

Mȁnila f (Cyrillic spelling Ма̏нила)
* Manila (the capital city of the Philippines; the regional capital of Metro Manila, in the island of Luzon)

## Slovak
### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈmaɲila]

### Proper noun

Manila f (genitive singular Manily, declension pattern of žena)
* Manila (the capital city of the Philippines; the regional capital of Metro Manila, in the island of Luzon)

### References

* “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, 2003–2025

## Spanish
### Etymology

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

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /maˈnila/ [maˈni.la]
* Rhymes: -ila
* Syllabification: Ma‧ni‧la

### Proper noun

Manila f
* Manila (the capital city of the Philippines; the regional capital of Metro Manila, in the island of Luzon)

#### Derived terms

* cáñamo de Manila

#### Descendants

* → Cantonese: 馬尼拉 / 马尼拉 (maa$^5$ nei$^4$ laai$^1$)
* ⇒ Chamorro: cha'kan manila, chotdan Manila
* → English: Manila
** → Korean: 마닐라 (manilla)
* → French: Manille
* → Hokkien: 馬尼拉 / 马尼拉 (Má-nî-la), 岷里拉 (Bîn-lí-la), 岷尼拉 (Bîn-nî-la)
* → Ibaloi: Manida
* → Japanese: マニラ (Manira)
* → Mandarin: 馬尼拉 / 马尼拉 (Mǎnílā)
* → Tagalog: Manila

### Further reading

* “Manila”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10

## Tagalog
### Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish Manila, itself from Tagalog Maynila.

### Pronunciation

* (Standard Tagalog)
** IPA: /maˈnila/ [mɐˈn̪iː.lɐ]
*** Rhymes: -ila
** IPA: /maˈnilaʔ/ [mɐˈn̪iː.lɐʔ] (influence from Maynila)
*** Rhymes: -ilaʔ
* Syllabification: Ma‧ni‧la

### Proper noun

Manila (Baybayin spelling ᜋᜈᜒᜎ) (informal)
* Alternative form of Maynila

#### Related terms

* Kalakhang Maynila
* Kamaynilaan
* Manilense
* Manilenya
* Manilenyo

#### Descendants

* → Hokkien: 馬尼剌 / 马尼剌, 岷里納, 岷里刺, 岷唎喇, 民希臘 / 民希腊, 蠻哩喇 / 蛮哩喇, 呅哖膋 / 呅哖䒿 (obsolete)
* → Japanese: 馬尼剌 (Manira) (obsolete)
* → Mandarin: 馬尼剌 / 马尼剌 (Mǎnílà) (obsolete)

### Further reading

* “Manila”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018
* Santos, Vito C. (1978) Vicassan's Pilipino-English Dictionary, Revised edition (overall work in Tagalog and English), With an Introduction by Teodoro A. Agoncillo, Metro Manila: National Book Store, →ISBN, page 1172

### Anagrams

* alamin, animal

## Vietnamese
### Alternative forms

* Ma-ni-la

### Etymology

From English Manila.

### Pronunciation

* (Hà Nội) IPA: [maː˧˧ ni˧˧ laː˧˧]
* (Huế) IPA: [maː˧˧ nɪj˧˧ laː˧˧]
* (Saigon) IPA: [maː˧˧ nɪj˧˧ laː˧˧]
* Phonetic spelling: ma ni la

### Proper noun

Manila
* Manila (the capital of the Philippines)
    Synonym: Ma Ní