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Definition of Manillas
1. manilla [n] - See also: manilla
Lexicographical Neighbors of Manillas
Literary usage of Manillas
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Hakluytus Posthumus: Contayning a History of the World in Sea Voyages and by Samuel Purchas (1905)
"... times and courses in five yeeres space to Bantam, Patania, Japan, the manillas,
Macau, and the Coast of China, with other Indian Ports. 1618. ..."
2. The History of Modern Europe: With an Account of the Decline & Fall of the by William Russell, Charles Coote (1822)
"From these islands, which he called Ladrones, he continued his voyage, and soon
made a discovery of the manillas. In Zebu, one of the last mentioned group, ..."
3. The History of Modern Europe: with an Account of the Decline and Fall of the by William Russell (1837)
"... and soon made a discovery of the manillas. In Zebu, one of the last-mentioned
group, he had an unfortunate quarrel with the natives, who attacked him ..."
4. Hakluytus posthumus: Contayning a History of the World in Sea Voyages and by Samuel Purchas (1905)
"... sailing divers times and courses in five yeeres space to Bantam, Patania,
Japan, the manillas, Macau, and the Coast of China, with other Indian Ports. ..."
5. Geography: Or, A Description of the World. In Three Parts. Part I by Daniel Adams (1821)
"The Europeans (except the Dutch) have no settlement on this island. The chief
trade is with the Chinese. THE manillas, OR PHILIPPINE ISLANDS. ..."
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