- a variation of Bikol.
Bicol
Americannoun
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Bicols,
plural
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Bicol
plural
Other Word Forms
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The warning had been sent by email to air traffic services about a threat to flights out of the capital Manila headed to Davao, Bicol and the popular tourist regions of Palawan and Cebu.
From Reuters ● Oct. 6, 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
“I do not consider this a loss because we have achieved many things this election season,” she said, speaking during a Catholic Mass in Bicol Region, where she is from.
From New York Times ● May 10, 2022
The entire Bicol region currently remains without electricity.
From BBC ● Nov. 1, 2020
Narrated by Gregorio Frondoso, a Bicol from Tigaon, Camarines, who heard the story when he was a small boy.
From Filipino Popular Tales by Dean Spruill Fansler
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
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
There are Tagalogs, Visayans, Bicols, Pampangans, Ilokanos, Cagayanes, etc., etc., to say nothing of the wild people themselves, all speaking different languages; but these can not be said to form one people.
From The Head Hunters of Northern Luzon by Cornélis de Witt Willcox
Among the Tagalogs, Bicols, and Visayans, the word is not used to designate a night-appearing demon or monster.
From Filipino Popular Tales by Dean Spruill Fansler
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
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