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Definition of manilla in English: manillanoun məˈnɪlə (in West Africa) a metal bracelet traditionally used as a medium of exchange. Example sentencesExamples - The iron manillas were found at a depth of 160 centimeters in association with fragments of an iron chain, while the copper ones were recovered at depths ranging from 120 centimeters up to the surface.
- The demonetization of cowries or manillas provoked strong protest from people whose savings were in these forms, to such a degree, indeed, that the British were eventually forced to offer conversion facilities.
- In Benin the value deteriorated so much that in the 18th century no manillas could be sold there.
- The Akan melted the manillas down and recast them into objects for their own use.
- The copper from these manillas brought to Africa from Europe was often melted down and remade into other metal objects.
- The natives used to bury these bronze manillas and after being in the ground for quite a long time they would quickly burnish up again.
- In West Africa, people exchanged manillas as currency from the late 15th to the early 20th century.
- African money bracelets are variously referred to as manillas, bracelets, rings, bangles, etc.
- An early form of currency in West Africa, brass manillas or ‘bracelets’ like these would have been exchanged for slaves, with a King manilla being worth one slave.
- Small manillas would often be amassed and then taken to the blacksmith to be melted and re-formed into a larger size.
- We know that manillas were first imported into the delta around 1450 A.D.
OriginMid 16th century: from Spanish, based on Latin manicula (see manacle). RhymesAnguilla, Aquila, Attila, Camilla, cedilla, chiller, chinchilla, driller, Drusilla, fibrillar, filler, flotilla, fulfiller, Godzilla, gorilla, griller, guerrilla, killer, Manila, mantilla, miller, pillar, Priscilla, sapodilla, sarsaparilla, Schiller, scilla, scintilla, spiller, swiller, thriller, tiller, vanilla, vexilla, villa, Willa, willer, zorilla |