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Bontok

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[bon-tok] / bɒnˈtɒk /

noun

  • Bontoks,
    plural
  • Bontok
    plural
  1. a member of a people who inhabit northern Luzon in the Philippines.


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The day closed with a baile, given by the Ilokanos living in Bontok.

From The Head Hunters of Northern Luzon by Cornélis de Witt Willcox

But we did not tarry long, for Bontok was still some miles away.

From The Head Hunters of Northern Luzon by Cornélis de Witt Willcox

Pitapit is a Bontok boy of great natural qualities, so great, indeed, that he was sent to the States to a church school, where he had recently won a Greek prize in competition!

From The Head Hunters of Northern Luzon by Cornélis de Witt Willcox

In 1892 the erection of 15 new missions was projected in the provinces of Tiagan, Bontok, Amburayan, and Quiangan.

From The Friars in the Philippines by Ambrose Coleman

Our column was to be increased by a party of Ifugaos, whom, with a head man named Comhit, Gallman wished to take through the Bontok into the Kalinga country.

From The Head Hunters of Northern Luzon by Cornélis de Witt Willcox

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