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Bikol

noun
Bi·​kol
variants: or less commonly Bicol \bēˈkōl \
plural Bikol or Bikols also Bicol or Bicols

Definition of Bikol 

1a : 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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