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Ifugao

American  
[ee-foo-gou] / ˌi fuˈgaʊ /

noun

Ifugaos, plural Ifugao plural
  1. a member of an agricultural people who inhabit Luzon, in the Philippines.


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"It's the first time we've been hit by two consecutive typhoons, strong ones," said Teddy Baguilat, a representative of the hard-hit Ifugao region, told ANC television, saying people in his region needed fuel and food.

From Reuters Oct. 2, 2011

Dr. Ralph Franklin Barton, school teacher, lived in the Philippine Islands for eight years, had Ifugao headhunters for neighbors.

From Time Magazine Archive

Suppose we find out that the truck is somewhere in the Ifugao country.

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

The Ifugao, then, has a mold exactly like the pipe he made of wax.

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

It turned out to be a pipe, again typical Ifugao work except for the fact that it was of gold.

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

The plane buzzed the Ifugaos and dropped a container with streamers attached.

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

"If Nangolat is not there," Angel added, "I will explain to the Ifugaos that we are friends, that we are helping them to find sacred things that were lost many years ago."

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

You may lose the road in the clouds as you cross the top of the mountain range that divides the Igorot tribe from the Ifugaos, but you should then be able to see Banaue.

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

"Take off!" he fired a last shot at the oncoming Ifugaos, then jeep wheels spun in the dirt, headlights flashed on, and they were on their way.

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

Out on the meadow several wounded Ifugaos, all of them with leg wounds, were being helped to safety.

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

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