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  2. Manila - Wikipedia

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    Manila (/ m ə ˈ n ɪ l ə / mə-NIL-ə; Filipino: Maynila), officially the City of Manila (Filipino: Lungsod ng Maynila), is the capital and second-most populous city of the Philippines, with 43,611.5 inhabitants per square kilometer (112,953/sq mi) and a population of 1,846,513 people in 2020 [10] after Quezon City.

  3. History of Manila - Wikipedia

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    The earliest recorded History of Manila, the capital of the Philippines, dates back to the year 900 AD, as documented in the Laguna Copperplate Inscription.By the thirteenth century, the city consisted of a fortified settlement and trading quarter near the mouth of the Pasig River, which bisects the city into the north and south.

  4. Manila paper - Wikipedia

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    The Guggenheim claims that this creation of manila paper was a way "of recycling manila rope, previously used on ships." [8] The resulting paper was strong, water-resistant, and flexible. [8] Manila paper was originally made out of old Manila hemp ropes which were extensively used on ships, having replaced true hemp.

  5. Nicknames of Manila - Wikipedia

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    Manila, the capital city of the Philippines, is known by a number of nicknames, aliases, sobriquets and slogans, both officially and unofficially, now and in the past. The city is most popularly referred to as the Pearl of the Orient .

  6. Metro Manila - Wikipedia

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    Map of ancient Manila in 1570. The polity of Maynila shown in yellow.. Manila, to the extent that it has this placename, was likely founded in the Middle Ages, in the early 16th century [13] due to the Sanskrit origin of the component "nila" in its name which refers to "indigo", [14] and the prevalence of the placename during the rule of Rajah Matanda, the old king of Maynila, who was born ...

  7. List of city and municipality nicknames in the Philippines

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    Metro Manila: Bay City The nickname was adopted in 2015 by the city government as part of a tourism campaign. Bay City is a reference to the city bordering two bodies of water; Manila Bay and Laguna de Bay. [67] Pasay: n/a: Metro Manila: The Travel City [68] Passi: Iloilo: Western Visayas: Sweet City at The Heart of Panay

  8. Manila folder - Wikipedia

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    A manila folder (sometimes referred to as manilla folder) is a file folder designed to contain documents, often within a filing cabinet. It is generally formed by folding a large sheet of stiff card in half.

  9. List of Philippine city name etymologies - Wikipedia

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    Manila: none: Hispanicized corruption of the Tagalog-Sanskrit phrase may nila which means "there is nila" (indigo tree in Sanskrit) referring to the prevalence of the tree. Marawi: Lanao del Sur: from rawi, a Maranao word which means "reclining" in reference to the lilies that bend northward on the banks of the mouth of the Agus River. Marikina ...