Meaning of Kalinga | Babel Free

Definitions

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
2. An indigenous ethnic group whose ancestral domain is in the Cordillera Mountain Range of the northern Philippines.
   plural, plural-only
3. A historical region in modern Odisha and Andhra Pradesh, in eastern India.
4. A former Spanish commandancy in the Philippines.
   historical
5. A mythological kingdom in eastern South Asia, described in the Mahabharata.
6. A former subprovince of the former province of Lepanto-Bontoc in northern Philippines, created from the commandancy.
   historical
7. A dialect continuum of Kalinga Province in the Philippines, spoken by the Kalinga people.

Examples

“Meronyms: Balbalan, Lubuagan, Pasil, Pinukpuk, Rizal, Tabuk, Tanudan, Tinglayan — city and municipalities of Kalinga”

“The name Kalinga is applied more distinctively to the delta of the Godávarí, while the delta of the Mahánadí, on the north, gradually stands out as a separate country.”

“The ancient Kalinga, the fame of which, at one time, spread over the entire South Asia lies now partly in Andhra and partly in Orissa.”

“He was an unpopular upstart, but, as far as can be gathered from the few references to him, he was an energetic and ambitious king, who succeeded in gaining control of Kaliṅga (the modern Orissā and the northern coastal strip of Āndhra Pradesh), and perhaps of other parts of the Deccan.”

“Chodaganga Dev defeated Karna Dev, the Somavansi king and allowed him to continue as a tributary ruler. Kalinga and Utkal were amalgamated into one kingdom.”

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