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BISAYAN

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Overview

BISAYAN (noun)
  The noun BISAYAN has 1 sense:

1. a member of the most numerous indigenous people of the Philippinesplay

  Familiarity information: BISAYAN used as a noun is very rare.


English dictionary: Word details


BISAYAN (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

A member of the most numerous indigenous people of the Philippines

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Synonyms:

Bisayan; Visayan

Hypernyms ("Bisayan" is a kind of...):

Filipino (a native or inhabitant of the Philippines)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "Bisayan"):

Cebuan (inhabitant of the island of Cebu; a member of the Visayan people of the Philippines)

Holonyms ("Bisayan" is a member of...):

Philippines; Republic of the Philippines (a republic on the Philippine Islands; achieved independence from the United States in 1946)


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