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Ilocano

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I·lo·ca·no also I·lo·ka·no  (l-kän)
n. pl. Ilocano or I·lo·ca·nos also Ilokano or I·lo·ka·nos
1. A member of an agricultural people of northern Luzon in the Philippines.
2. The Austronesian language of the Ilocano.
adj.
Of or relating to the Ilocano or their language or culture.
[Spanish Ilócano, from Ilóko, people who live along the shore (unattested sense), Austronesian people of the Philippines; perhaps akin to luék, luók, cove.]


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