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Manilla
adj, name, noun
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Adjective
- 1 Alternative spelling of manila (“made of or colored like manila paper”). alt-of, alternative, not-comparable
Proper Noun
- 1 Archaic spelling of Manila. alt-of, archaic
- 2 A census-designated place in Rush County, Indiana, United States.
- 3 A minor city in Crawford County, Iowa, United States.
- 4 A village in the former Mariposa Township, now Kawartha Lakes, Ontario, Canada; named after Manilla, Indiana.
- 5 A small town north-west of Tamworth, New South Wales, Australia; the name is from the Gamilaraay language.
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- 6 A river in the same area of New South Wales, which joins the Namoi River.
Noun
- 1 A penannular armlet, sometimes worn on the leg or neck or used as an ornament, mostly in bronze, copper or gold, which served as a form of money or barter coinage amongst certain West African peoples.
- 2 Alternative spelling of manila. alt-of, alternative, countable, uncountable
- 3 Alternative form of manilla (“African armlet formerly used as currency”). alt-of, alternative
- 4 a strong paper or thin cardboard with a smooth light brown finish made from e.g. Manila hemp wordnet
Etymology
From Spanish manilla (“bracelet”), from Catalan manilla (“bracelet, armring”); partly from Latin monīle (“a necklace, collar”), from Proto-Indo-European *mony- (“withers, crest, mane”); and partly from Frankish *mānili (“moon-shaped ornament”), from *māno (“moon”), from Proto-Germanic *mēnô (“moon”), from Proto-Indo-European *mḗh₁n̥s (“moon, month”), related to Old High German mânili (“moon-shaped ornament”). More at mane, moon.
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