Manila
Americannoun
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a seaport in and the capital of the Philippines, on W central Luzon. Man.
noun
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the chief port of the Philippines, on S Luzon on Manila Bay: capital of the republic until 1948 and from 1976; seat of the Far Eastern University and the University of Santo Tomas (1611). Pop: 10 677 000 (2005 est)
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a type of cigar made in this city
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(often not capital) short for Manila hemp Manila paper
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"It can go into convulsions soon," she said at a press briefing in Manila in September.
From BBC ● Nov. 4, 2026
There were also losses in Shanghai, Singapore and Manila, though Hong Kong, Sydney and Wellington rose.
From Barron's ● Oct. 30, 2026
Shares of Mynt, which operates mobile financial-services platform GCash, rose as much as 2.4% to 6.76 pesos in early Manila trading Tuesday, outperforming the benchmark Philippine Stock Exchange index’s 0.3% gain.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 20, 2026
The drop in oil prices provided support to most Asian markets, with Hong Kong, Sydney, Singapore, Wellington and Manila all up.
From Barron's ● Oct. 12, 2026
Father Monaghan moves swiftly to get Joey out of Ateneo de Manila and into hiding.
From "At Last She Stood" by Erin Entrada Kelly
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