Meanings
nounLumad (plural Lumads)
plural Lumads
- PhilippinesAny of the indigenous non-Muslim peoples of Mindanao in the Philippines.
The Mindanao Lumad are non-Muslim groups throughout the island, while in the Cordillera of northern Luzon there are roughly one million indigenous inhabitants belonging to seven major and several minor ethnolinguistic groups.
1998, G. Sidney Silliman, Lela Garner Noble, Organizing for Democracy: Ngos, Civil Society, and the Philippine State, University of Hawaii Press, →ISBN, page 138
adjectiveLumad (comparative more Lumad, superlative most Lumad)
comparative more Lumad · superlative most Lumad
- PhilippinesOf, or pertaining to the said group.
Origin
- Cebuanolumad
- EnglishLumad
Borrowed from Cebuano lumad (“native”).
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Rhymes with Lumad
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Cite this entry
APA
Lumad. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Lumad
MLA
“Lumad.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Lumad. Accessed November 3, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Lumad,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Lumad.
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