1690s, capital of the Philippines, gave its name (with altered spelling) to manilla hemp (1814), original source of manilla paper (1832). Said to be from Tagalog may "there is" + nila "shrub of the indigo family," but this would not be a native word.
例文
1. He touched the manila folder which Wainwright had put down.
彼はウィンライトを押して置いたマニラ紙のファイルバッグを押した。
2.The manila envelope was in Carolyn 's stack,about a third of-the way down.
クラフト封筒はカロリンの束の中にあり、下の約3分の1に押しすぎない。
-廊橋遺夢
3.The base was just a smudge on the untouched hundred-mile coast of Manila Bay.
その基地はマニラ湾の100マイルの無事な海岸線に硝煙がもうもうとした汚点にすぎない。
4. Manila became the resort of traders from China,Japan,Siasm,Cambodia and the Spice Islands.
マニラは中国、日本、シャム、カンボジア、スパイス諸島から来た商人の行きつけの地となっている。
5.Byron 's eyes smarted ; he had had no sleep since the departure from Manila .