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I·lo·ca·no

also I·lo·ka·no  (ē′lō-kä′nō)
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.
Relating to the Ilocano or their language or culture.

[Spanish Ilócano, from Ilocano Ilóko, people who live along the shore (unattested sense), Austronesian people of the Philippines; perhaps akin to luék, luók, cove.]
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I•lo•ca•no

or I•lo•ka•no

(ˌi loʊˈkɑ noʊ)

n., pl. -nos, (esp. collectively) -no.
1. a member of a people of the Philippines, mainly of NW and central Luzon.
2. the Austronesian language of the Ilocanos.
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I spoke with them in Ilokano. I remember Magsaysay's aides very well Lt.
'This is a great help for us to improve our way of living,' said Cacal in Ilokano language after he got hold of the project certificate along with the brand- new hand tractor unit from newly-appointed Agriculture Secretary William Dar at the Mariano Marcos State University covered court in Batac City.
While at the UH, Ramos served as language training coordinator for Peace Corps volunteers learning Tagalog, Kapampangan, Pangasinan, Cebuano, Waray and Ilokano. The UH later offered her a position to start a Philippine language program that included Filipino and Ilokano-Filipino the emerging national language and Ilokano the language of the earliest Filipino immigrants in Hawaii.
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We will love her, protect her, all of us - Bisaya, Tagalog, Ilokano, so many islands, so many tribes - because if we act as one, we will be strong, and so will she be.
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Seven decades have passed and residents of Ilocos continue admiring and patronizing the Ilokano blankets that she still weaves," said Aquino, referring to Gamayo who started weaving inabel in her hometown in Lumbaan in Pinili, Ilocos Norte, at 16 in 1940.
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