Igorot

American  

[ig-uh-roht, ee-guh-] / ˌɪg əˈroʊt, ˌi gə- /

noun

• Igorots,
  plural
• Igorot
  plural

1. a member of a people of Malay descent in northern Luzon in the Philippines, comprising various tribes, noted for their metalwork and weaving.

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Igorot British  

/ ˌɪɡəˈrəʊt, ˌiːɡə-, ˌiːɡə- /

noun

1. a member of a Negrito people of the mountains of N Luzon in the Philippines: noted as early exponents of mining

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Other Word Forms

Noun Inflected Forms

• Igorot
  plural
• Igorots
  plural

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Etymology

Origin of Igorot

First recorded in 1820–25; earlier Igorrot, from Spanish Yglote, from Igorot (an Austronesian language spoken by this people) Igōlot “mountain people,” equivalent to i- noun prefix + gōlot “mountain,” also the name of a mountain range

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Example Sentences

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Igorot Igorots

It’s a safe bet that when you studied American history in high school, you didn’t learn about Maria Orosa, or the Alaskeros or Igorot people.

From Seattle Times ● May 9, 2023

Human-caused climate change has taken so much from her people, said Longid, a member of the Indigenous Igorot community.

From Washington Post ● Nov. 8, 2021

Her parents, she said, were among the first educated generation of the Kankanaey Igorot indigenous community.

From New York Times ● May 3, 2018

For official meetings, she favors the traditional attire of the Kankanaey Igorot: a woven red button-down coat, a wraparound skirt held in place by a wide, fringed cloth belt.

From New York Times ● May 3, 2018

My Number One Sikh buddy-chum helps me meet Igorot who used to be scout for constabulary.

From The Golden Skull by Harold L. (Harold Leland) Goodwin

The society was also scandalized by the native dress of the Igorots, Rydell said.

From Washington Times ● Oct. 18, 2019

Ever since, V-J day has been Aug. 14 to the rest of the world but to his friends among the Igorots it is Sept.

From Time Magazine Archive

Back from the Igorots, who pleaded against immediate independence as did the Moros, Secretary Hurley made his first official utterance in the islands.

From Time Magazine Archive

People in Western clothes and in scant breechcloths or tight skirts of Igorots were running into the open to see what was making the racket.

From The Golden Skull by Harold L. (Harold Leland) Goodwin

In the mission of San Bartolome which is composed of Alaguetes and Igorots, many intermarriages take place and the people are knit closer together.

From The Philippine Islands, 1493-1898 Explorations by early navigators, descriptions of the islands and their peoples, their history and records of the catholic missions, as related in contemporaneous books and manuscripts, showing the political, economic, commercial and religious conditions of those islands from their earliest relations with European nations to the close of the nineteenth century, Volume XLIII, 1670-1700 by Various

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