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Ifugao

American  
[ee-foo-gau] / 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

The Spaniards built and garrisoned a chain of forts in the Ifugao territory to keep them in order, and of late years their murderous incursions have been kept in check.

From The Inhabitants of the Philippines by Frederic H. Sawyer

For instance, an Ifugao can recite his ancestry as far back as twenty-five generations.

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

Another is a picture of an Ifugao home in the province of Nueva Vizcaya, hereinabove mentioned.

From The American Occupation of the Philippines 1898-1912 by James H. Blount

"And we're also being watched by Ifugaos, on the terraces above the village."

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

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 Harold L. (Harold Leland) Goodwin

I'm sure he will have some information on the Ifugaos that will be of interest.

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

"The forest practices of the Igorots and Ifugaos could well be copied by us," Tony told the boys.

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

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

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

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