Ilocos Region

Meaning

Proper Noun

• an administrative region of the Philippines occupying the northwestern section of Luzon.

Origin

• From Philippine Spanish, from Iloco/Iloko, the native word for the inhabitants of Ilocos, from an old Ilocano prefix i-, and either lukong, or luek/look. Some suggest that it comes from Tagalog ilog, but this is highly dubious, for it goes against the customs in naming groups and places; + English region.