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Igorot

(ē′gō rōt′, ig′ə-)

noun

pl. Igorots or Igorot a member of any of several indigenous peoples of the highlands of N Luzon, in the Philippines
any of the Austronesian languages of these peoples

Origin: Sp Igorrote, prob. < Igolot, name used in certain older records: of Tagalog orig.

See Igorot in American Heritage Dictionary 4

noun pl. Igorot Igorot or I·go·rots

A member of any of several peoples of the mountains of northern Luzon in the Philippines.
Any of the Austronesian languages of the Igorot.

Origin:

Origin: Igorot Igōlot, mountaineers (unattested sense), Igorot

Origin: : i-, n. pref.

Origin: + Gōlot, name of a mountain range

Origin: ; akin to Tagalog gulod, hilltop

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