name · noun · 7 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot
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Philippines, place:/kɐ.lɪˈŋa/
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Meaning 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
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Examples
Meronyms: Balbalan, Lubuagan, Pasil, Pinukpuk, Rizal, Tabuk, Tanudan, Tinglayan — city and municipalities of Kalinga
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Meaning 2
A former Spanish commandancy in the Philippines.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: historical
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Meaning 3
A former subprovince of the former province of Lepanto-Bontoc in northern Philippines, created from the commandancy.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: historical
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Meaning 4
A dialect continuum of Kalinga Province in the Philippines, spoken by the Kalinga people.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Meaning 5
A historical region in modern Odisha and Andhra Pradesh, in eastern India.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Meaning 6
A mythological kingdom in eastern South Asia, described in the Mahabharata.
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Meaning 7
An indigenous ethnic group whose ancestral domain is in the Cordillera Mountain Range of the northern Philippines.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: plural, plural-only
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