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Ilocano

American  
[ee-loh-kah-noh] / ˌi loʊˈkɑ noʊ /
Or Ilokano

noun

Ilocanos plural
  1. a member of a people of Luzon in the Philippines.

  2. the Austronesian language of the Ilocano.


Other Word Forms

Etymology

Origin of Ilocano

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

Example Sentences

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Talania is not fluent in English or Tagalog, but speaks Ilocano, the third-most spoken language in the Philipinnes.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 31, 2024

“No, anak ko!” she shrieked, using an Ilocano term meaning “my child.”

From Seattle Times • Sep. 10, 2023

Marcos Jr wished him congratulations on Facebook, addressing him in Ilocano, the language that binds roughly 10 million Filipinos culturally and politically.

From BBC • Feb. 24, 2023

“My dad loves making kilawin with the cow’s skin or goat skin,” said Sheldon Simeon, a Hawaiian chef with his own recipe for Ilocano cow skin.

From Washington Post • Feb. 21, 2023

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

From A Little Book of Filipino Riddles by Starr, Frederick

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