Standard Lemma guide

Ilocano

adj · name · noun · 3 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

Sound

Pronunciation

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  • Received-Pronunciation: /ˌiːləʊˈkɑːnəʊ/
  • General-American: /ˌiloʊˈkɑnoʊ/
  • General-American: /ˌiləˈkɑnoʊ/
  • General-American: /ˌɪləˈkɑnoʊ/
  • Southern-England: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • rhymes with -ɑːnəʊ

1

adj

Meaning 1

Of or pertaining to the Ilocano.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: not-comparable

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Meaning relationships

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Antonyms: none provided

2

name

Meaning 2

A language spoken principally on the northwestern coasts of the island of Luzon.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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3

noun

Meaning 3

The ethnolinguistic group of the Ilocos Region on the coasts of northwestern Luzon in the Philippines.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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Meaning relationships

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History

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish ilocano, from iloco + -ano, where the root is from Ilocano i- (place of origin prefix) + either lukong (“hollow; concave”) or luek/luok (“cove; bay”) + Spanish -o.

Across languages

Translations

41 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Bukhari: Zaboni ilokano — of or pertaining to the Ilocano
  • Marathi: इलोकानो (ilokāno) — of or pertaining to the Ilocano
  • Russian: илоканский (ilokanskij) — of or pertaining to the Ilocano
  • Tajik: Забони илокано (Zabon-i ilokano) — of or pertaining to the Ilocano
  • Asturian: ilocanu — language
  • Bartangi: Илокано зив (Ilōkanō ziv) — language
  • Bukhari: Zaboni ilokano — language
  • Bukhari: Ilokano — language
  • Catalan: ilocà — language
  • Cebuano: Inilokano — language
  • Chinese Cantonese: 伊洛卡諾語 /伊洛卡诺语 (ji1 lok3 kaa1 nok6 jyu5) — language
  • Chinese Mandarin: 伊洛卡諾語 /伊洛卡诺语 (yīluòkǎnuòyǔ) — language
  • Corsican: Lingua ilocano — language
  • Corsican: Ilocano — language
  • Corsican: Lingua ilocana — language
  • Corsican: Ilocanu — language
  • Finnish: iloko — language
  • French: ilocano — language
  • Ilocano: Ilokano — language
  • Ilocano: Iloko — language
  • Irish: Ileacáinis — language
  • Japanese: イロカノ語 (Irokano-go) — language
  • Khmer: ភាសាអ៊ីឡូកាណូ (phiəsaaʼiiloukaanou) — language
  • Marathi: इलोकानो (ilokāno) — language
  • Oroshori: Илокано зив (Ilōkanō ziv) — language
  • Ossetian: Илокано ӕвзаг (Ilokano ævzag) — language
  • Pashto: ایلوکانو ژبه — language
  • Persian: زبان ایلوکانو — language
  • Sarikoli: Ilokanu ziv — language
  • Sarikoli: Ilokano ziv — language
  • Shughni: Илокано зив (Ilōkanō ziv) — language
  • Spanish: ilocano — language
  • Tagalog: Ilokano — language
  • Tajik: Забони илокано (Zabon-i ilokano) — language
  • Tajik: илокано (ilokano) — language
  • Thai: ภาษาอิโลกาโน — language
  • Uyghur: ئىلوكانوچە (ilokanoche) — language
  • Uyghur: ئىلوكانو تىلى (ilokano tili) — language
  • Wakhi: Ilokano zik — language
  • Wakhi: Илокано зик (Ilokano zik) — language
  • Yaghnobi: Илокано зивок (Ilokano zivok) — language
Real reading context

Ilocano in complete knowledge articles