单词 | Ilocano |
释义 | Ilocano/ˌɪləˈkɑːnəʊ![]() noun (plural same or Ilocanos) 1A member of a people inhabiting NW Luzon in the Philippines.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....
2 [mass noun] The Austronesian language of the Ilocano, with over 5 million speakers. Also called Iloko.An example is Filipino, despite resistance from northern Ilocanos and southern Cebuanos; it is now more widely spoken than English, Ilocano, or Cebuano....
adjective Relating to the Ilocano or their language.According to one Ilocano origin myth, a giant named Aran built the sky and hung the sun, moon, and stars in it....
OriginPhilippine Spanish, from Ilocos, the name of two provinces in the Philippines. |
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