Kalinga
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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
Kalinga said the armed group that attacked the helicopter has not been identified and that flights would only resume after an assessment of the security situation.
From Reuters ● Feb. 27, 2023
“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
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
Kalinga predominates north of Balbalasang and along the Gobang river, while the Igorot is dominant in Guina-an, Lubuagan, and Balatok.
From The Tinguian Social, Religious, and Economic Life of a Philippine Tribe by Cole, Fay-Cooper
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 Ganguli, Kisari Mohan
Mahadeva has an image in the country of the Kalingas that is called Vyaghreswara.
From The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa, Volume 4 Books 13, 14, 15, 16, 17 and 18 by Ganguli, Kisari Mohan
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
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 Willcox, Cornélis de Witt
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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