Kalinga
noun
a member of any of several indigenous peoples of the northern Philippines.
Kalingas
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pluralof Kalinga.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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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 Kisari Mohan Ganguli
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
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 Cornélis de Witt Willcox
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 Cornélis de Witt Willcox
In some respects these Kalingas differed from the tribes already visited.
From The Head Hunters of Northern Luzon by Cornélis de Witt Willcox
