variants or less commonly manilla
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Manila : made from Manila hemp
2
: made of manila paper
manila noun
Examples of manila in a Sentence
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Perri Ormont Blumberg, Southern Living, 26 May 2020 Several graduates wore caps and gowns; one had fashioned a makeshift diploma from a manila envelope. —Eren Orbey, The New Yorker, 6 May 2020 At the fourth door, Kuhn ran through the rain to drop off the bag of food and the manila envelope. —Anne Saker, Cincinnati.com, 24 Apr. 2020 That meant buying a high-definition webcam and packaging art supplies into large manila envelopes. —Dallas News, 27 Mar. 2020 See All Example Sentences for manila
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Perri Ormont Blumberg, Southern Living, 26 May 2020 Several graduates wore caps and gowns; one had fashioned a makeshift diploma from a manila envelope. —Eren Orbey, The New Yorker, 6 May 2020 At the fourth door, Kuhn ran through the rain to drop off the bag of food and the manila envelope. —Anne Saker, Cincinnati.com, 24 Apr. 2020 That meant buying a high-definition webcam and packaging art supplies into large manila envelopes. —Dallas News, 27 Mar. 2020 See All Example Sentences for manila
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“Manila.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.grautoblog.com/dictionary/manila. Accessed 25 Apr. 2026.
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manila
adjective
ma·nila mə-ˈnil-ə 
often capitalized
: made of manila paper or from Manila hemp
manila folder
manila rope
Geographical Definition
Manila
geographical name
Ma·nila mə-ˈni-lə
city and port on Manila Bay (an inlet of the South China Sea), on the western coast of Luzon, Philippines population 1,661,000
Note: Manila serves as capital of the Philippines.
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