Kalinga

English

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

  • (Philippines) IPA(key): /kɐ.lɪˈŋa/ (place), /kɐ.lɪŋˈɡa/ (people, language)
  • Audio (Philippines):(file)

Proper noun

Kalinga

  1. A province of the Cordillera Administrative Region, Luzon, Philippines. Capital and largest city: Tabuk. the province was created from the partinioning of Kalinga-Apayao
    Meronyms: Balbalan, Lubuagan, Pasil, Pinukpuk, Rizal, Tabuk, Tanudan, Tinglayancity and municipalities of Kalinga
    Coordinate terms: Abra, Apayao, Baguio, Benguet, Ifugao, Kalinga, Mountain Provincecity and provinces of CAR
  2. (historical) A former Spanish commandancy in the Philippines.
  3. (historical) A former subprovince of the former province of Lepanto-Bontoc in northern Philippines, created from the commandancy.
  4. A dialect continuum of Kalinga Province in the Philippines, spoken by the Kalinga people.

Noun

Kalinga pl (plural only)

  1. An indigenous ethnic group whose ancestral domain is in the Cordillera Mountain Range of the northern Philippines.

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Sanskrit कलिङ्ग (kaliṅga).

Proper noun

Kalinga

  1. A historical region in modern Odisha and Andhra Pradesh, in eastern India.
  2. A mythological kingdom in eastern South Asia, described in the Mahabharata.

Anagrams

Cebuano

Pronunciation

  • Hyphenation: Ka‧li‧nga
  • IPA(key): /kaliˈŋa/ [kɐ.l̪ɪˈŋa]

Proper noun

Kalinga

  1. Kalinga (a province of the Cordillera Administrative Region, Luzon, Philippines; capital and largest city: Tabuk)
  2. (historical) a former Spanish commandancy
  3. (historical) the subprovince of Kalinga

Tagalog

Pronunciation

  • (Standard Tagalog)
    • IPA(key): /kaˈliŋɡa/ [kɐˈliŋ.ɡɐ] (prescribed)
      • Rhymes: -iŋɡa
      • Syllabification: Ka‧lin‧ga
    • IPA(key): /kaliˈŋa/ [kɐ.lɪˈŋa]
      • Rhymes: -a
      • Syllabification: Ka‧li‧nga
      • Homophone: kalinga
  • Audio:(file)

Proper noun

Kalinga or Kalingá (Baybayin spelling ᜃᜎᜒᜅ᜔ᜄ or ᜃᜎᜒᜅ)

  1. Kalinga (a province of the Cordillera Administrative Region, Luzon, Philippines; capital and largest city: Tabuk)
  2. Kalinga (ethnic group)
  3. (historical) the subprovince of Kalinga, once part of Kalinga-Apayao in the Cordillera Administrative Region

Further reading

  • Kalinga”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018