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Igorot|ˈiːgərəʊt|
Also Igolot(e), Igorrot(e), Ygorrote.
[ad. Sp. Ygolote (A. de Morga, 1609), f. the native name.]
Name of a people inhabiting northern Luzon in the Republic of the Philippines. Also as collect. sing. and attrib.
1821W. Walton tr. T. de Comyn's State of Philippine Islands p. xli, An expedition was also sent against the Igorrots, inhabiting the mountains of the interior, where gold is obtained. Ibid. ii. 32 The Igorrot Indians, who occasionally come down from the mountains to barter with the Christians, use certain coarse jars or vessels of copper. 1840Penny Cycl. XVIII. 88/2 The Ygorrotes, who inhabit the mountains east of the Gulf of Lingayen, are distinguished by a peculiar physiognomy and a lighter colour. 1875F. Jagor Trav. Philippines 131 The Ygorrotes are not Christians. 1885Encycl. Brit. XVIII. 753/1 The Igorrotes or Igolotes proper (for the name is by many writers very loosely applied to all the pagan mountain tribes of Luzon) inhabit the districts of Bangued, Lepanto, Tiagan, Bontoc. 1898D. C. Worcester Philippine Islands 438 One of the Igorrote peoples is believed to be descended from the followers of the Chinese invader Limahong. 1903Barrows in Philippine Jrnl. Sci. Oct. 796 The powerful and numerous Igorot of northern Luzon. 1914D. C. Worcester Philippines Past & Present I. 343 This once prosperous little Igorot hamlet had been burned by the Spaniards. 1925K. Mayo Isles of Fear 256 The Igorots proper, however, number only about 70,000. 1957Encycl. Brit. XII. 75/1 There are..two broad groupings of the Igorot as a whole. 1967Wernstedt & Spencer Philippine Island World iii. ix. 349 The peoples and cultures of the North Luzon Highlands... Popular reference adopted the term ‘Igorot’ for the whole population,..although the term properly is only the Tagalog word for ‘mountain-dwelling’ or ‘mountaineer’. |