Visayan

[ vi-sahy-uhn ]

noun,plural Vi·sa·yans, (especially collectively) Vi·sa·yan.
  1. one of a Malay people, the most numerous Indigenous people of the Philippines.

  2. the language of this people, an Indonesian language of the Austronesian family.

Words Nearby Visayan

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How to use Visayan in a sentence

  • During the evening the natives gave a Visayan dance, called in the native tongue “A Courtship.”

  • One would hardly recognize the waltz or two-step as performed by the Visayan.

  • He had the cook's mouth pried open in determined endeavor to ram what looked like half a chicken down the Visayan's gullet.

    Terry | Charles Goff Thomson
  • The old man was spokesman and in his native Visayan tongue made a heart-rending appeal for aid which we were powerless to give.

    An Epoch in History | P. H. Eley
  • The Bengali tale can hardly be the direct source of our Visayan form, but it appears to be fairly closely related to that source.

    Filipino Popular Tales | Dean S. Fansler

British Dictionary definitions for Visayan

Visayan

Bisayan

/ (vɪˈsɑːjən) /


nounplural -yans or -yan
  1. a member of the most numerous indigenous people of the Philippines

adjective
  1. of or relating to this people

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