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Kalinga

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/kɐ.lɪˈŋa/

Kalinga proper noun: a province of the Cordillera Administrative Region, Luzon, Philippines. Capital and largest city: Tabuk. The province was created from the partitioning of Kalinga-Apayao.

Proper noun (1)

Kalinga

  1. A province of the Cordillera Administrative Region, Luzon, Philippines. Capital and largest city: Tabuk. The province was created from the partitioning of Kalinga-Apayao
    • Meronyms: Balbalan, Lubuagan, Pasil, Pinukpuk, Rizal, Tabuk, Tanudan, Tinglayan — city and municipalities of Kalinga
  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. (plural, plural-only) An indigenous ethnic group whose ancestral domain is in the Cordillera Mountain Range of the northern Philippines.

Proper noun (2)

Kalinga

  1. A historical region in modern Odisha and Andhra Pradesh, in eastern India.
    • The name Kalinga is applied more distinctively to the delta of the Godávarí, while the delta of the Mahánadí, on the north, gradually stands out as a separate country.1872, William Wilson Hunter, Orissa: Or the Vicissitudes of an Indian Province Under Native and British Rule, Smith, Elder and Company, page 171
    • The ancient Kalinga, the fame of which, at one time, spread over the entire South Asia lies now partly in Andhra and partly in Orissa.1964, Nabin Kumar Sahu, Utkal University History Of Orissa, volume 1, The Utkal University, page 3
  2. A mythological kingdom in eastern South Asia, described in the Mahabharata.

Origin of Kalinga

Borrowed from Sanskrit कलिङ्ग (kaliṅga).

Questions about Kalinga

What does Kalinga mean?
Kalinga means a province of the Cordillera Administrative Region, Luzon, Philippines. Capital and largest city: Tabuk. The province was created from the partitioning of Kalinga-Apayao.
What part of speech is Kalinga?
Kalinga can be a proper noun or a noun.
How do you pronounce Kalinga?
Kalinga is pronounced /kɐ.lɪˈŋa/ (Philippines).

Words near Kalinga in the dictionary

  1. Kalina
  2. Kalinago
  3. Kalinagos
  4. Kalinas
  5. kalinda
  6. Kalinga
  7. Kalinga-Apayao
  8. Kalingalan Caluang
  9. Kalingan
  10. Kalingans
  11. Kalinin

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