Bikol

noun Bi·kol

variants: or less commonly Bicol \bēˈkōl\

Definition of Bikol

plural Bikol or Bikols also Bicol or Bicols

1 a :a Christianized people in southeastern Luzon and adjacent islands of the Philippines

b :a member of such people

2 :the Austronesian language of the Bikol people

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