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Definition of Ilocano in English: IlocanonounPlural Ilocanos ˌɪləˈkɑːnəʊˌēlōˈkänō 1A member of a people inhabiting north-western Luzon in the Philippines. Example sentencesExamples - An example is Filipino, despite resistance from northern Ilocanos and southern Cebuanos; it is now more widely spoken than English, Ilocano, or Cebuano.
- The trade language of the lowland Ilocano is used much in the region.
- The major ethnolinguistic groups that have shaped politics in the Philippines were the Tagalogs, Ilocanos, and Pampangans of Luzon, the Cebuanos of the Visayas, and the Muslim Maranaos and Tausugs of Mindanao.
- Like other Filipinos, Ilocanos recognize an array of supernatural beings, such as the katawtaw-an (the spirits of infants, who died unbaptized who in turn victimize newborns).
- Captain Mead reported that Ilocanos and Pangasinans exhibited ‘a natural dislike to the Tagalogs’ and he identified the latter as ‘a disturbing element’ and blamed them for ‘forcibly driving local laborers from the camps.’
2mass noun The Austronesian language of the Ilocano, with over 5 million speakers. Also called Iloko. Example sentencesExamples - An example is Filipino, despite resistance from northern Ilocanos and southern Cebuanos; it is now more widely spoken than English, Ilocano, or Cebuano.
- Three dialects are of national importance: Cebuano in the southern islands, Ilocano in the north, and Tagalog, the language of the National Capital Region.
- I wish I could walk up to them and curse using the many dialects of the Philippines; there's Ilocano, Cebuano, Visayan… a lot.
adjectiveˌɪləˈkɑːnəʊˌēlōˈkänō Relating to the Ilocano or their language. Example sentencesExamples - According to one Ilocano origin myth, a giant named Aran built the sky and hung the sun, moon, and stars in it.
- Tagalog-speaking officers from central Luzon could not communicate with troops speaking the Ilocano dialect.
- By 1935, young single Ilocano men were the largest Filipino ethnic group in Hawaii.
- Several mayors of villages in the Ilocos Norte reported that about $35,000 a month was received through the pension checks of returned Ilocanos workers and from remittances sent by fourth-wave immigrants.
- But when it's, say, an Ilocano, or an Igorot or some other ethnic group, also in the Philippines, they don't feel the need to say, ‘Igorot Man Shot’, or whatever.
Origin Philippine Spanish, from Ilocos, the name of two provinces in the Philippines. Definition of Ilocano in US English: Ilocanonounˌēlōˈkänō 1A member of a people inhabiting northwestern Luzon in the Philippines. Example sentencesExamples - Like other Filipinos, Ilocanos recognize an array of supernatural beings, such as the katawtaw-an (the spirits of infants, who died unbaptized who in turn victimize newborns).
- Captain Mead reported that Ilocanos and Pangasinans exhibited ‘a natural dislike to the Tagalogs’ and he identified the latter as ‘a disturbing element’ and blamed them for ‘forcibly driving local laborers from the camps.’
- An example is Filipino, despite resistance from northern Ilocanos and southern Cebuanos; it is now more widely spoken than English, Ilocano, or Cebuano.
- The major ethnolinguistic groups that have shaped politics in the Philippines were the Tagalogs, Ilocanos, and Pampangans of Luzon, the Cebuanos of the Visayas, and the Muslim Maranaos and Tausugs of Mindanao.
- The trade language of the lowland Ilocano is used much in the region.
2The Austronesian language of the Ilocano. Example sentencesExamples - Three dialects are of national importance: Cebuano in the southern islands, Ilocano in the north, and Tagalog, the language of the National Capital Region.
- An example is Filipino, despite resistance from northern Ilocanos and southern Cebuanos; it is now more widely spoken than English, Ilocano, or Cebuano.
- I wish I could walk up to them and curse using the many dialects of the Philippines; there's Ilocano, Cebuano, Visayan… a lot.
adjectiveˌēlōˈkänō Relating to the Ilocano or their language. Example sentencesExamples - According to one Ilocano origin myth, a giant named Aran built the sky and hung the sun, moon, and stars in it.
- Several mayors of villages in the Ilocos Norte reported that about $35,000 a month was received through the pension checks of returned Ilocanos workers and from remittances sent by fourth-wave immigrants.
- Tagalog-speaking officers from central Luzon could not communicate with troops speaking the Ilocano dialect.
- But when it's, say, an Ilocano, or an Igorot or some other ethnic group, also in the Philippines, they don't feel the need to say, ‘Igorot Man Shot’, or whatever.
- By 1935, young single Ilocano men were the largest Filipino ethnic group in Hawaii.
Origin Philippine Spanish, from Ilocos, the name of two provinces in the Philippines. |