Igorot
Americannoun
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Igorots,
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Igorot
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noun
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Etymology
Origin of Igorot
First recorded in 1820–25; earlier Igorrot, from Spanish Yglote, from Igorot (an Austronesian language spoken by this people) Igōlot “mountain people,” equivalent to i- noun prefix + gōlot “mountain,” also the name of a mountain range
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It’s a safe bet that when you studied American history in high school, you didn’t learn about Maria Orosa, or the Alaskeros or Igorot people.
From Seattle Times ● May 9, 2023
Human-caused climate change has taken so much from her people, said Longid, a member of the Indigenous Igorot community.
From Washington Post ● Nov. 8, 2021
Her parents, she said, were among the first educated generation of the Kankanaey Igorot indigenous community.
From New York Times ● May 3, 2018
For official meetings, she favors the traditional attire of the Kankanaey Igorot: a woven red button-down coat, a wraparound skirt held in place by a wide, fringed cloth belt.
From New York Times ● May 3, 2018
The ceremony, or its equivalent, is probably celebrated by all Igorot tribes, since a belief in witchcraft is prevalent throughout their territory.
From Kankanay Ceremonies (American Archaeology and Ethnology) by C. R. Moss
The society was also scandalized by the native dress of the Igorots, Rydell said.
From Washington Times ● Oct. 18, 2019
Ever since, V-J day has been Aug. 14 to the rest of the world but to his friends among the Igorots it is Sept.
From Time Magazine Archive
Back from the Igorots, who pleaded against immediate independence as did the Moros, Secretary Hurley made his first official utterance in the islands.
From Time Magazine Archive
But the accompanying Igorots came very near undoing all of Mr. Worcester’s plans.
From The Head Hunters of Northern Luzon by Cornélis de Witt Willcox
Only his brown eyes, proportionally bigger than those of the real Igorots, were different.
From The Golden Skull by Harold L. (Harold Leland) Goodwin
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