manila

«manila» in Mova's school dictionary: the capital city of the Philippines, a country of islands… — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 2 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

part of speech

noun (Manila — a name; manila — the paper, uncountable); adjective (manila)

meaning for a pupil

1) (a name) Manila is the capital city of the Philippines, a country of islands in Southeast Asia. tree →

2) Manila paper or a manila envelope or folder: strong, light brown paper, first made from a plant called Manila hemp. tree →

sense in the lessons

In geography lessons, Manila is a huge, busy capital on Manila Bay. In everyday and office life, manila envelopes and folders are the brown ones used for documents. Phrases: Manila Bay, a manila envelope, manila folder.

examples

• Manila is the capital of the Philippines. tree →
• Our teacher keeps our tests in a manila folder. tree →
• The letter came in a brown manila envelope. tree →
• Manila is on the island of Luzon. tree →
• Many people in Manila speak Filipino and English. tree →
• Typhoons sometimes hit Manila. tree →

note

Capital M for the city, small m for the paper. Sometimes spelled manilla for the paper.

In the corpora

• The Philippines, capital Manila, are named after King Philip II of Spain, and Spain ruled them from 1565 to 1898.
• In the 16th and 17th centuries Spanish silver from the Americas flowed into Ming China through Manila to buy silk and porcelain.

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «manila» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.