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Bicol

American  
[bee-kohl] / biˈkoʊl /

noun

  • Bicols,
    plural
  • Bicol
    plural
  1. Bikol.


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The rains also triggered volcanic mudslides or lahar in villages surrounding Mount Mayon, an active volcano in Bicol.

From BBC ● Oct. 24, 2024

A regional airport in Bicol first received the email.

From Reuters ● Oct. 6, 2023

The 39-year-old Manila office worker was on the bus to Bicol when her family phoned her to say that they were moving to a shelter.

From BBC ● Jun. 16, 2023

Sixteen of the 25 deaths were reported in Northern Mindanao region in the south, while 12 of the 26 missing are from the eastern Bicol region, the council added.

From Seattle Times ● Dec. 27, 2022

Both the banks of the Bicol River are flat, and expand into broad fields of rice; and to the east are simultaneously visible the beautiful volcanos of Mayon, Iriga, Malina, and Isarog.

From The Former Philippines thru Foreign Eyes by Austin Craig

The civilized natives live almost solely on its coasts, and there are also Bisayans who differ in speech and manners from the Bicols in about the same degree that the latter do from the Tagalogs.

From The Former Philippines thru Foreign Eyes by Austin Craig

External appearance is more strictly regarded among the Bisayans than by the Bicols and Tagalogs.

From The Former Philippines thru Foreign Eyes by Austin Craig

The Bicols are found only in this district and in a few islands lying immediately in front of it.

From The Former Philippines thru Foreign Eyes by Austin Craig

A long time ago, when the Bicols had not yet been welded into one tribe, there lived a couple in the mountains of Albay who had one son, named Juan.

From Filipino Popular Tales by Dean Spruill Fansler

The latter said that the story was traditional among the Bicols, and that he had heard it from his grandfather.

From Filipino Popular Tales by Dean Spruill Fansler

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