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Illano|iːˈljɑːnəʊ| Also I(l)lanon, I(l)lanum. [Native name.] A member of a Moro people of Mindanao in the Republic of the Philippines; also, the language of this people. (Cf. Moro2.) Hence Illaˈnoan a.
1779T. Forrest Voy. New Guinea xii. 302 They possess an island in the very heart of the Philippines, called Burias, where has been a colony of Illanos, for many years. 1821W. Walton tr. T. de Comyn's State of Philippine Islands viii. 231 Long have the inhabitants of the Philippines deplored..the ravages committed on their coasts and settlements by..the Malanos, Ilanos and Tirones Moors and others. 1840Penny Cycl. XVIII. 87/1 He was informed that the Illanos from that island [sc. Magindanao] had formed a settlement on Burias. 1848F. S. Marryat Borneo 21 Pirate's Bay, so called from its being a favourite resort of the Illanoan pirates. 1898F. T. Bullen in National Rev. Aug. 857 There is yet another small section of the inhabitants of this Archipelago, who were once the terror of the surrounding seas... These have long been known as ‘Illanons’. 1900F. H. Sawyer Inhabitants Philippines 364 The Moros Illanos..inhabit the country between the Bay of Iligan and Illana Bay, also round Lake Lanao, the Rio Grande and Lake Liguan. 1957Encycl. Americana XIX. 472a/1 Some of the best-known Moro groups are the..Lanao Filipinos (divided into the Maranaos and Ilanums or Iranums). Ibid. XXI. 751/1 The principal languages and dialects with the number of persons speaking each were divided into the following groups:..Ilanon-Lanao-Lanao..109. Ilanon-Lanao-Maranoy..170,195. |