Visayan
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Vi·sa·yan
(vĭ-sī′ən, -sä′-) also Bi·sa·yan (bĭ-sī′ən, -sä′-) or Bi·sa·ya (bĭ-sī′ə, -sä′-)n.
1. A member of the largest ethnic group indigenous to the Philippines, found in the Visayan Islands.
2. Any of the Austronesian languages spoken by the Visayans.
[Cebuano (Visayan language of Cebu) Bisaya, and kindred terms in other Visayan languages .]
Vi·sa′yan adj.
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Visayan
(vɪˈsɑːjən) orBisayan
n, pl -yans or -yan
(Peoples) a member of the most numerous indigenous people of the Philippines
adj
(Peoples) of or relating to this people
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Vi•sa•yan
(vɪˈsaɪ ən)also Bisayan
n.
1. a member of any of a group of peoples living in the Visayan Islands.
2. the closely related Austronesian languages of these peoples.
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| Noun | 1. | Visayan - a member of the most numerous indigenous people of the Philippines Philippines, Republic of the Philippines - a republic on the Philippine Islands; achieved independence from the United States in 1946 Cebuan - inhabitant of the island of Cebu; a member of the Visayan people of the Philippines Filipino - a native or inhabitant of the Philippines |
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