manila

IPA: mʌnˈɪɫʌ

Root Word: Manila

The capital city of the Philippines; regional capital of Metro Manila, in the island of Luzon.
(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
Venerupis philippinarum; a Pacific clam.
Fiber made from abaca (Manila hemp), used to make ropes and manila paper.
(color) The yellow-brown colour of manila.
A kind of cheroot manufactured in Manila.
Alternative form of manila (“kind of cheroot”) [Fiber made from abaca (Manila hemp), used to make ropes and manila paper.]

Examples of "manila" in Sentences

Come to think of it, label a manila folder like this: STUCK?
Then very slowly she wrapped the yo-yo in some kind of manila paper.
But then he slides a manila envelope to you and says, Half of it is there.
I am a former resolutions speacialist/supervisor at DELL customer care here in manila for 2 years.
Teddy walked into a meeting with a plain manila envelope, and showed only the Chairman that it was filled with the Texan’s favorite cigars.
She had hundreds of poems in manila envelopes with her utility receipts the day after the funeral her family burned them all in a backyard oil drum
A disarmingly sexy paramedic, a plain manila envelope, and a whipping wind lead Quentin from a chilly Brooklyn twilight to the warmth of a summer day in the country.
Yes | No | Report from bohuntr11 wrote 39 weeks 2 days ago well thats great im catching them pretty fair now here at big lake in manila but now all this rain has our water up really high!
Or maybe they misunderstood the word “filing” to mean the actual process by which legal actions are made … as opposed to the kind that involves putting paper in manila folders and sticking them in a drawer.