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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Nine years later he extended this realm still further, by the conquest of the Kalingas, whose country lay along the coast northward from Madras.
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
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
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
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
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
