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English
Etymology 1
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.
Pronunciation
Noun
manilla (plural manillas)
- A penannular armlet, mostly in bronze, copper or gold, which served as a form of money or barter coinage amongst certain West African peoples.
Alternative forms
Etymology 2
Adjective
manilla (not comparable)
- Alternative spelling of manila (“made of or colored like manila paper”)
Noun
manilla (countable and uncountable, plural manillas)
- Alternative spelling of manila
Anagrams
Catalan
Etymology
Inherited from Latin manīcula, diminutive of manus (“hand”).
Pronunciation
Noun
manilla f (plural manilles)
- bracelet
- (usually in the plural) handcuff
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Finnish
Noun
manilla
- adessive singular of mani
Spanish
Etymology
From mano + -illa, or more likely borrowed from Catalan manilla, itself either the same kind of construction or from Vulgar Latin *manicla < Latin manicula, whence the inherited Spanish manija. Compare English manacle.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): (most of Spain and Latin America) /maˈniʝa/
- IPA(key): (rural northern Spain, Andes Mountains) /maˈniʎa/
- IPA(key): (Buenos Aires and environs) /maˈniʃa/
- IPA(key): (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay) /maˈniʒa/
- (most of Spain and Latin America) Rhymes: -iʝa
- (rural northern Spain, Andes Mountains) Rhymes: -iʎa
- (Buenos Aires and environs) Rhymes: -iʃa
- (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay) Rhymes: -iʒa
- Syllabification: ma‧ni‧lla
Noun
manilla f (plural manillas)
- handle
- Synonym: manivela
- hand (of a clock)
- Synonym: manecilla
- (Spain) door handle
- Synonym: tirador
- (Colombia) bracelet
- Synonyms: ajorca, brazalete, pulsera, armilla (obsolete)
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