Ifugao
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- proper noun
- During my trip, I met an Ifugao artisan who crafted beautiful wooden sculptures.
Examples
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As Isabel moves Angel under the light, as she molds her into a woman of the Ifugao tribe, she speaks the mannequin's history to the class.
Fiction book (2000) -
Indigenous wooden Ifugao huts, or dorms
Blog text (11) -
There was even a replica of an Ifugao house that you can still see in the mountains of Batad.
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On that same date, hostile action on Luzon effectively ended, though 11,000 Japanese were still hidden in the Sierra Madre Mountains and another 12,000 were holed up in the Ifugao-Bontoc area.
Fiction book (1990) -
The Ifugao people are known for their stunning rice terraces found in the mountains of northern Luzon.
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When visiting the Philippines, I learned about the traditions of the Ifugao community.
Surface Forms
Etymology
Ifugao is the name of a person from a native group in northern Luzon, Philippines. The name comes from the group's own word and is often said to mean 'people of the highlands', so an Ifugao is someone from that mountain region.