- a variation of Ilocano.
Ilokano
Americannoun
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Ilokanos,
plural
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Ilokano
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The Spaniards and Ilokano in and about Bontoc Province say that it was about fifty years ago that the Spaniards first came to Bontoc.
From The Bontoc Igorot by Jenks, Albert Ernest
This plain area on the west coast is the undisputed dwelling place of the Christian Ilokano, occupying pueblos in Union, Ilokos Sur, and Ilokos Norte Provinces.
From The Bontoc Igorot by Jenks, Albert Ernest
The bolo within the Bontoc area comes from Sapao and from the Ilokano people of the west coast.
From The Bontoc Igorot by Jenks, Albert Ernest
The Igorot in these pueblos are undergoing transformation, and quite generally wear clothing similar to that of the Ilokano.
From The Bontoc Igorot by Jenks, Albert Ernest
The rich valleys of Zambales have long attracted Ilokano immigrants, who have founded several important towns.
From Negritos of Zambales by Reed, William Allan
There are now eight or ten such women, wives of the resident Ilokanos of Bontoc pueblo, but those whose husbands left the pueblo have reverted to Igorot faith.
From The Bontoc Igorot by Jenks, Albert Ernest
There are Tagalogs, Visayans, Bicols, Pampangans, Ilokanos, Cagayanes, etc., etc., to say nothing of the wild people themselves, all speaking different languages; but these can not be said to form one people.
From The Head Hunters of Northern Luzon by Willcox, Cornélis de Witt
The day closed with a baile, given by the Ilokanos living in Bontok.
From The Head Hunters of Northern Luzon by Willcox, Cornélis de Witt
This was a century too early for the country around Manila, which had been better protected and less abused than the provinces to the north where the Ilokanos revolted.
From Lineage, Life and Labors of José Rizal, Philippine Patriot by Robertson, James Alexander
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