Ivatan

noun

Iva·​tan

¦ēvə¦tän

plural Ivatan or Ivatans

1

a

: a people inhabiting the Batan islands of the Philippines

b

: a member of such people

2

: an Austronesian language of the Ivatan people

Word History

Etymology

native name in the Batan Islands

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Rhymes for Ivatan

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• antiphon
• autobahn
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• chitosan
• cynodon
• denouement
• deuteron
• echelon