manilla

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Definition of manilla

10 senses · 3 parts of speech · etymology included

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.
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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. (alt-of, alternative, countable, uncountable)Alternative spelling of manila.
  3. (alt-of, alternative)Alternative form of manilla (“African armlet formerly used as currency”).

adj

  1. (alt-of, alternative, not-comparable)Alternative spelling of manila (“made of or colored like manila paper”).

name

  1. (alt-of, archaic)Archaic spelling of Manila.
  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.
  6. A river in the same area of New South Wales, which joins the Namoi River.

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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…

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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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