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Definition of Visayans

Visayan
Visayan Vi*sa"yan, n. [Cf. Sp. Bisayo a Visayan.] A member of the most numerous of the native races of the Philippines, occupying the Visayan Islands and the northern coast Mindanao; also, their language. The Visayans possessed a native culture and alphabet.

Meaning of Visayans from wikipedia

- the term Bisaya was used as a general term for Visayans by the Spanish. Another general term for Visayans in early Spanish records is Hiligueinos (also...
- and to advertise their products. Visayans are known for their different festivals celebrated in other cities of Visayan Island. Sinulog Festival is celebrated...
- reconstructed by Zorc. Bisalog Bislish Bisakol languages classical Cebuano Visayans Adelaar, Alexander (2005). "The Austronesian languages of Asia and Madagascar:...
- The Visayan Sea is a sea in the Philippines surrounded by the islands of the Visayas. It is bounded by the islands Masbate to the north, Panay to the...
- characters, and from them the Visayans, so they call them Moro characters or letters because the Moros taught them... [the Visayans] learned [the Moros'] letters...
- introduced the Visayans to Western musical traditions. In the 17th century, the Spanish historian Francisco Ignacio Alcina wrote that the Visayans learned to...
- parliament for Beaufort twice, from 2004 to 2008 and again from 2013 to 2022 Visayans, a major ethnic group of the Philippines with a similar endonym "Tutong...
- time the Pintados were also referred to as Visayans regardless of location and said Calungsod "was a Visayan" and may have been but doubtfully "from the...
- Visayan white corn, also known as Visayan white flint or Tinigib, is an heirloom cultivar of flint corn from the Visayas Islands of the Philippines. It...
- The Visayan hornbill (Penelopides panini) is a hornbill found in tropical moist lowland forests of the Philippines in the Western Visayas region which...