manilla

Meanings

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.

1. Alternative spelling of manila (“made of or colored like manila paper”).

1. Alternative spelling of manila.

1. 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.

1. Alternative form of manilla (“African armlet formerly used as currency”).

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 *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.