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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

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

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)

Banaue was in the Ifugao country, in the heart of the rice terraces.

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

Ifugaos not wanting to give Tony up, I think.

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

"I will accept from you the custody of a certain golden skull, stolen by you from the Ifugaos."

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)

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)

"The Ifugaos live in villages around the valley," Angel said.

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

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