Kalinga
Americannoun
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Kalingas
plural
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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 Tagalog, we call it bones of truth,” said Father Villanueva, the founder of the AJ Kalinga Foundation, a nonprofit that is helping victims’ relatives.
From New York Times ● Jun. 3, 2022
It was England’s third straight World Cup semi-final defeat as they struggled to create chances at the Kalinga Stadium.
From Reuters ● Dec. 15, 2018
In 2014, the team dug a test pit at Kalinga about seven feet to a side.
From National Geographic ● May 2, 2018
Indians in those regions were commonly known as Kaling because they came from Kalinga and in time the parts of the Peninsula where they were numerous were also called Kaling.
From Hinduism and Buddhism, An Historical Sketch, Vol. 3 by Sir Charles Eliot
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 Kenneth Morris
It follows that the Kalingas have more to eat than their relatives to the south, and that is perhaps one reason of their greater stature.
From The Head Hunters of Northern Luzon by Cornélis de Witt Willcox
At the end of it a host of Kalingas acclaimed us, as picturesque as the warriors we had met at the stream, and took over the pack.
From The Head Hunters of Northern Luzon by Cornélis de Witt Willcox
The Kauravas with the Pancalas, the Salwas, the Matsyas, the Naimishas, the Koshalas, the Kasapaundras, the Kalingas, the Magadhas, and the Cedis who are all highly blessed, know what the eternal religion is.
From The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa, Volume 3 Books 8, 9, 10, 11 and 12 by Kisari Mohan Ganguli
Behold, O slayer of Madhu, the heroic ruler of the Kalingas lying there on the ground with his mighty arms adorned with a couple of angadas.
From The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa, Volume 3 Books 8, 9, 10, 11 and 12 by Kisari Mohan Ganguli
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