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Bi⋅sa⋅yan

  [bi-sahy-uhn]
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–noun, plural -yans, (especially collectively) -yan.
Visayan.

Vi⋅sa⋅yan

  [vi-sahy-uhn]
–noun, plural -yans, (especially collectively) -yan.
1. one of a Malay people, the most numerous native race of the Philippines.
2. the language of this people, an Indonesian language of the Austronesian family.
Also, Bisayan.
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Bi·sa·yan   (bĭ-sī'ən)   
n.  Variant of Visayan.
Bi·sa'yan adj.
Vi·sa·yan   (vĭ-sī'ən)   
n.  

  1. A member of the largest ethnic group indigenous to the Philippines, found in the Visayan Islands.

  2. The Austronesian language of the Visayans.

Vi·sa'yan adj.
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