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VISAYAN

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Overview

VISAYAN (noun)
  The noun VISAYAN has 1 sense:

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

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


English dictionary: Word details


VISAYAN (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

A member of the most numerous indigenous people of the Philippines

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Synonyms:

Bisayan; Visayan

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

Filipino (a native or inhabitant of the Philippines)

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

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

Holonyms ("Visayan" 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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