Definition of Igorot

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I·go·rot

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NOUN:
pl. 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.

ETYMOLOGY:
Igorot Iglot, mountaineers (unattested sense), Igorot : i-, n. pref. + Glot, name of a mountain range; akin to Tagalog gulod, hilltop

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