Kalinga
Americannoun
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a member of any of several indigenous peoples of the northern Philippines.
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the multi-dialect language of the Kalinga people.
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Enduring a grueling seven-hour hike in Kalinga, India, a group of researchers came upon 30 Rafflesia banaoana plants blooming near a river.
From Salon ● May 27, 2025
In search of similar sites, Ingicco and Dutch biologist John de Vos went to Kalinga, a site in northern Luzon with a reputation for yielding ancient bones.
From National Geographic ● May 2, 2018
Along her collarbone, and from her shoulder blades to the backs of her hands, she is tattooed in faded geometric patterns of snakeskin, python and caterpillars, Kalinga symbols of protection, strength and guidance.
From New York Times ● May 15, 2017
Although victorious, Asoka felt sorrow over the slaughter at Kalinga.
From Textbooks ● Jan. 1, 2012
Evidences of former extensive intermixture are here apparent, while at the present time there is rather free marriage with the neighboring Kalinga and Negrito.
From The Tinguian Social, Religious, and Economic Life of a Philippine Tribe by Cole, Fay-Cooper
This dance over, Comhit could not restrain himself, but made a speech, in which he declared that “These people up here, the Kalingas, are very good people indeed, but not so good as the Ifugaos.”
From The Head Hunters of Northern Luzon by Willcox, Cornélis de Witt
Who shall say, for example, that the Kalingas are not civilized?
From The Head Hunters of Northern Luzon by Willcox, Cornélis de Witt
For, whereas the people so far encountered had impressed us by the sobriety of color displayed, these Kalingas blazed out upon us in the most vivid reds and yellows.
From The Head Hunters of Northern Luzon by Willcox, Cornélis de Witt
This one will subjugate the Madras, the Kalingas, and the Kaikeyas.
From The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa, Volume 3 Books 8, 9, 10, 11 and 12 by Ganguli, Kisari Mohan
For twenty-nine years after that conquest of the Kalingas, until his death in 233, he reigned in unbroken peace.
From The Crest-Wave of Evolution A Course of Lectures in History, Given to the Graduates' Class in the Raja-Yoga College, Point Loma, in the College-Year 1918-19 by Morris, Kenneth
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