Bicol

See also: bicół

English

Alternative forms

• Bikol

Etymology

From Spanish Bicol / Vicol (“former province, river (Bicol River), language”), from Bikol Central, see Bikol Central Bicol for more.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈbiːkɔːl/
• (US) enPR: bēʹ-kôl, IPA^(key): /ˈbikɔl/
• (Philippines) IPA^(key): /ˈbikol/
• Hyphenation: Bi‧kol
• Rhymes: -iːkɔːl

Proper noun

Bicol

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

Coordinate terms

regions of the Philippinesedit

• Metro Manila, National Capital Region
• Cordillera Administrative Region
• Ilocos ~ Ilocos Region
• Cagayan Valley
• Central Luzon
• Calabarzon
• Mimaropa
• Bicol ~ Bicol Region
• Western Visayas
• Central Visayas
• Eastern Visayas
• Zamboanga ~ Zamboanga Peninsula
• Northern Mindanao
• SOCCSKSARGEN
• Davao ~ Davao Region
• Caraga
• Bangsamoro ~ Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao ~ BARMM

Translations

language

• Amharic: መካከለኛ ቢኮልኛ (mäkakäläña bikolña)
• Arabic: غات البيكول
• Asturian: Llingua bicolana
• Bengali: বিকল ভাষা (bikol bhaśa)
• Bikol Central: tataramon na Bikol
• Breton: Bikoleg
• Cebuano: Binikol
• Esperanto: Bikola lingvo
• Finnish: Bikol-kielet
• French: Langues bicol
• German: Bikolano
• Ilocano: Sasao a Bikol
• Indonesian: bahasa Bikol
• Italian: Lingue bicolane
• Japanese: ビコール語 (ja)
• Korean: 비콜어군 (bikoreogun)
• Ligurian: Lengue bikol
• Manx: Bikolish
• Marathi: बिकोल f (bikol)
• Pangasinan: Saray salitan Bikol
• Polish: Język bikolski
• Portuguese: Língua bicolana
• Russian: Бикольский язык (Bikolʹskij jazyk)
• Spanish: Lengua bicolana
• Swedish: Bikol
• Tagalog: wikang Bikol
• Thai: กลุ่มภาษาบีโคล
• Ukrainian: Бікольська мова (Bikolʹsʹka mova)
• Vietnamese: Tiếng Bikol

See also

• Bicolandia
• Bikolnon
• Bicol Peninsula
• Albay Gulf
• Kabikulan
• Bicol River
• Mount Mayon
• Ibalong

Further reading

• Ethnologue entry for Bicol, bcl ⁠
• Bikol Central Wiktionary
• Central Bikol on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Bicol on Wikivoyage.Wikivoyage

Anagrams

• cibol