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Bicol

See also: bicół

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From Spanish Bicol / Vicol (“former province, river (Bicol River), language”), from either Bikol Central bikolbikol (“a tree species”) or biko (“bent; twisted”). Compare Tagalog bikol (“a species of hard tree”), attested as "BICOL"/"bicol" in the Vocabulario de la lengua tagala (1860)[1]

Named in the early Spanish records as Bicol, Vicol, Vicor, Bico, referring to the former province in the region and the Bicol River. It is believed to have come from biko (“twisted or bent”) or it could also be from bikolbikol (“timber producing tree species, also possessing a bark once used for making rope.”), attested as BICOLBICOL in the Vocabulario de la lengua bicol (1865).[2]

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Bicol

  1. Short for Bicol Region.
  2. The language of the native inhabitants of the region, Bicolano.

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  1. ^ Noceda, Fr. Juan José de, Sanlucar, Fr. Pedro de (1860) Vocabulario de la lengua tagala, compuesto por varios religiosos doctos y graves‎[1] (in Spanish), Manila: Ramirez y Giraudier, page 46
  2. ^ de Lisboa, Marcos (1865) Vocabulario de la lengua bicol‎[2], Manila, page 63

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