Ilocano

or I·lo·ka·no

[ ee-loh-kah-noh ]

noun

, plural I·lo·ca·nos, (especially collectively) I·lo·ca·no.

1. a member of a people of Luzon in the Philippines.
2. the Austronesian language of the Ilocano.

Word History and Origins

Origin of Ilocano¹

1830–40; < Spanish, equivalent to Ilok ( o ) the Ilocano name for themselves + -ano -an

Example Sentences

Four of those also speak Ilocano, another language spoken by some in the Philippines.

From Voice of San Diego

The seeds contain up to 45% of oil known in the Philippines under the name of lana, an Ilocano word meaning “oil.”

From Project Gutenberg

When they arrived they made one child of an Ilocano sick so that there would be a reason for giving them bolos to eat.

From Project Gutenberg

My own collection was begun among Ilocano of Union Province from whom about two hundred examples were secured.

From Project Gutenberg

General Young gave the Ilocano country a lesson it never forgot, before politics had time to interfere.

From Project Gutenberg

The principal language is Pangasinan; Ilocano is also spoken.

From Project Gutenberg