Nicknames of Manila

• Pearl of the Orient ({{langx|es|Perla del Oriente}}), first used in 1751 by Jesuit historian Juan Delgado in reference to the city's rich trade history even prior to the Manila-Acapulco Galleon era. It was made popular by José Rizal who gave the name Pearl of the Orient Seas ({{langx|es|Perla del Mar de Oriente}}) to his nativeland on the eve of his execution in 1896.{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=gUt5v8ET4QYC&q=%22manila%22+%22pearl+of+the+orient%22+delgado&pg=PA22 |title=Philippine History |author=Halili, Christine N. |year=2004 |publisher=Rex Bookstore |isbn=978-971-23-3934-9 |access-date=5 July 2015}} It is then sometimes used to describe all of the Philippines.
• Distinguished and Ever Loyal City ({{langx|es|Insigne y Siempre Leal Ciudad}}), the royal title granted to the city by King Philip II in 1574 which also appeared in the original coat of arms of Manila.
• Venice of the Orient ({{langx|es|Venecia del Oriente}}), in reference to the city's low-lying ground intersected with many picturesque canals, particularly in the area of Binondo.{{cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=KfXqT16lPnkC&q=%22venice+of%22+%22manila%22&pg=PA422 |title=America First |author1=Evans, Lawton B. |author2=Winter, Milo |date=June 2007 |name-list-style=amp |publisher=Kessinger Publishing |isbn=978-1-59915-209-7 |access-date=5 July 2015 }}{{Dead link|date=March 2023 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }} It was made popular in the late 19th century by several authors including Graciano López Jaena.{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=nLcuAQAAIAAJ&q=%22venice+of%22+%22manila%22 |title=The Roots of the Filipino Nation |author=Corpuz, Onofre D. |year=2005 |publisher=Aklahi Foundation |isbn=978-971-542-461-5 |access-date=5 July 2015}}
• Rome of the East ({{langx|es|Roma del Oriente}}), also the City of Churches, particularly in reference to the walled city of Intramuros which, prior to World War II, contained several convents and churches of six major religious orders. Spanish Manila served as the center for missionaries for the whole of Asia and Oceania.{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ew8QLMtPGVMC&q=manila+%22rome+of+the+east%22&pg=PA27 |title=Colonial Counterpoint: Music in Early Modern Manila |author=Irving, D.R.M. |date=3 June 2010 |publisher=Oxford University Press |isbn=978-0-19-970301-2 |access-date=5 July 2015}}
• City of the Sun ({{langx|es|Ciudad del Sol}}), coined by the Spanish poet Salvador Rueda during his visit to Manila in 1915.{{cite web|url=http://www.cervantesvirtual.com/obra/salvador-rueda-en-sus-cartas-1886-1933/d2e52a6c-71dd-4796-abac-62a138bac2ee.pdf |title=Salvador Rueda en sus cartas (1886-1933) |publisher=Biblioteca Virtual Miguel de Cervantes |access-date=5 July 2015}}
• Havana of the Orient, in reference to the city's large tobacco export industry in the early 1900s.{{cite web|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=0m42AQAAMAAJ&q=manila+%22havana+of+the+orient%22 |title=Bradstreet Journal |year=1902 |publisher=Bradstreet Company |access-date=5 July 2015}}
• Queen City of the Pacific, from the 1938 documentary film Manila: Queen City of the Pacific written by American filmmaker André de la Varre.{{cite web|url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1482193/ |title=Manila: Queen City of the Pacific |publisher=IMDb |access-date=7 July 2015}}
• City of Our Affections, first used by national artist Nick Joaquin in 1950 in his literary play A Portrait of the Artist as Filipino.{{cite journal |jstor=42632514|title=Reviewed Work: Tropical Baroque: Four Manileño Theatricals by Nick Joaquín |journal=Philippine Studies |volume=28 |issue=1 |pages=119–123 |date=First Quarter 1980 |author=Busuego-Pablo, Lourdes}}
• Imperial Manila, referring to the city's status as the Philippines' primate city and the nation's capital since the days of the Spanish empire.
• America's First Chinatown, in reference to Spanish Manila's (and eventually American Manila's) Binondo, the world's oldest Chinatown.{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=TzA9W-wfNWkC&q=%22america%27s+first+chinatown%22&pg=PA91 |title=Routledge Handbook of the Chinese Diaspora |author=Tan, Chee-Beng |date=11 February 2013 |publisher=Routledge |isbn=978-1-136-23095-0 |access-date=5 July 2015}}
• City of Man, a nickname given to the city by Imelda Marcos in the 1970s which was also the name of her tourism and infrastructure development campaign for the city as governor of Metro Manila.
• Handsome Metropolis ({{langx|fil|Metro Gwapo}}), coined by former Metropolitan Manila Development Authority chairman Bayani Fernando in 2006 as a campaign slogan for the redevelopment of the Manila metropolitan area.{{cite web|url=http://www.philippinestudies.net/files/journals/1/articles/3065/public/3065-3638-1-PB.pdf |title=Going Global, Veiling the Poor: Global City Imaginaries in Metro Manila |author=Michel, Boris |publisher=Ateneo de Manila University |access-date=5 July 2015}}
• Capital of Fun, a recent nickname and tourism slogan coined by the Department of Tourism in 2014.{{cite web|url=http://www.mb.com.ph/manila-depicted-as-capital-of-fun/ |title=Manila depicted as 'capital of fun' |publisher=Manila Bulletin |access-date=5 July 2015}}
• Paris of Asia (or Paris of the East), a moniker given to Manila by Australian travel guide publisher Lonely Planet in 2015.{{cite web|url=http://www.lonelyplanet.com/philippines/manila/history|title=History|work=LonelyPlanet.com|access-date=19 February 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304070201/http://www.lonelyplanet.com/philippines/manila/history|archive-date=4 March 2016}}

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