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MaВ·nilВ·a  
  Audio Help     /mЙ™Л€nЙЄl Й™ / Pronunciation Key - Show Spelled Pronunciation [m uh -nil -uh ] Pronunciation Key - Show IPA Pronunciation –noun 1. a seaport in and the capital of the Philippines, on W central Luzon. 1,630,485. Abbreviation: Man. Compare Quezon City .

2. Manila hemp.

3. Manila paper.

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abВ·aВ·ca also abВ·aВ·cГЎ  
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n.  

A bananalike plant (Musa textilis) native to the Philippines and having broad leaves with long stalks.
The fibers obtained from the stalks of this plant, used to make cordage, fabric, and paper. Also called manila , Manila hemp .

[Spanish abacГЎ , from Tagalog abaka .]

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maВ·nilВ·a or maВ·nilВ·la  
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n.  

often Manila or Manilla A cheroot made in Manila.
See abaca .
Manila paper.
A light yellow brown.

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Manila   

The capital and largest city of the Philippines, on southwest Luzon Island and Manila Bay, an inlet of the South China Sea. Founded in 1571, the city was controlled by Spain until it was seized by U.S. troops in 1898 during the Spanish-American War. It was held by the Japanese from 1942 to 1945 during World War II. Population: 1,580,000.

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Manila  
1697, capital of the Philippines, gave its name to manilla hemp (1814), original source of manilla paper (1873).

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manila noun 1.  a strong paper or thin cardboard with a smooth light brown finish made from e.g. Manila hemp  2.  the capital and largest city of the Philippines; located on southern Luzon 

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Manila, KY Zip code(s): 41238
Manila, UT (town, FIPS 47620) Location: 40.99275 N, 109.72043 W Population (1990): 207 (347 housing units) Area: 2.2 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 84046
Manila, AR (city, FIPS 43820) Location: 35.88359 N, 90.16145 W Population (1990): 2635 (1133 housing units) Area: 8.3 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)

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The 'City of Manila' (Filipino: Lungsod ng Maynila), or simply 'Manila', is the
capital of the Philippines and one of the 17 cities and municipalities that make
up Metro Manila. Located on the eastern shores of Manila Bay just west of the
National Capital Region in western side of Luzon, it is one of the central hubs
of a thriving metropolitan area home to over 14 million people.[http://www.demographia.com/db-world-
metro2000.htm 50 Largest World Metropolitan Areas Ranked: 2000 Estimates]

Manila, occupying a total land area of 38.3 square kilometers,
is the second most populous city in the Philippines, with more than 1.6 million
inhabitants. Only nearby Quezon City, the country's former capital, is more
populous. The metropolitan area is the second most populous in Southeast
Asia.

Manila lies about 950 kilometers southeast of Hong Kong, 2,400 kilometers
northeast of Singapore and more than 2,100 kilometers northeast of Kuala Lumpur.
The Pasig River bisects the city in the middle. Almost all of the city sits on
top of centuries of prehistoric alluvial deposits built by the waters of the
Pasig River and on some land reclaimed from Manila Bay. The layout of the city
was haphazardly planned during Spanish Era as a set of communities surrounding
the original Spanish Era walled city of Manila, called Intramuros. Intramuros is
one of the oldest walled cities in the Far East. During the American Period,
some semblance of city planning using the architectural designs and master plans
by Daniel Burnham was done on the portions of the city south of the Pasig River.

Manila is bordered by several cities in Metro Manila such as Navotas and
Caloocan City to the north, Quezon City to the northeast, San Juan and
Mandaluyong City to the east, Makati City to the southeast, and Pasay City to
the south.

Well into the 13th century, the city consisted of a fortified settlement and
trading quarter at the bay of the Pasig River, on top of previous older towns.
The official name of the city under its Malay aristocracy was Seludong/Selurung,
which was the same name given for the general region of southwestern Luzon at
that time, suggesting that it was the capital of Ancient Tondo. However, the
city became known by the name given to it by its Tagalog inhabitants, Maynila,
first recorded as Maynilad. The name is based on the nila, a flowering mangrove
plant that grew on the marshy shores of the bay, used to produce soap for
regional trade; it is either from the phrase may nila, Tagalog for "there is
nila," or it has a prefix ma- indicating the place where something is prevalent
(nila itself is probably from Sanskrit nila 'indigo tree').E.M. Pospelov,
Geograficheskie nazvanie mira (Moscow 1998). (The idea that the plant name
is actually "nilad" is a myth.){{Citation |url=http://services.inquirer.net/print/print.php?article_id=20080625-
144587 |title=Looking Back: Pre-Spanish Manila |author=Ambeth Ocampo
|publisher=Philippine Daily Inquirer |date=June 25, 2008 |accessdate=2008-09-
09}}

The original Manila was inside the fortified walls of Intramuros (meaning within
the walls) which was constructed and designed by Spanish Jesuit missionaries to
keep from invading Chinese pirates and natives uprising.

Manila became the seat of the colonial government of Spain when it officially
controlled the Philippine Islands for over three centuries from 1565 to 1898.
During the British occupation of the Philippines, the city was occupied by Great
Britain for two years from 1762-1764 as part of the Seven Years War. The city
remained the capital of the Philippines under the government of the provisional
British governor, acting through the Archbishop of Manila and the Real
Audiencia. Armed resistance to the British centred in Pampanga.

Manila also became famous during the Manila-Acapulco trade which lasted for
three centuries and brought the goods as far as Mexico all the way to South East
Asia. In 1899, the United States purchased the Philippines from Spain and
colonized the whole Philippine archipelago until 1946. During World War II, much
of the city was destroyed. It was the second most destroyed city in the world
after Warsaw, Poland during World War II. The Metropolitan Manila region was
enacted as an independent entity in 1975.

Manila has been classified as a "Gamma" global city by the Globalization and
World Cities Study Group and
Network.[http://www.lboro.ac.uk/gawc/rb/rb5.html GaWC Research Bulletin
5]