Dayak
Americannoun
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Dayaks,
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Dayak
plural
noun
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Etymology
Origin of Dayak
First recorded in 1830–40
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The auction house, in Bangor, County Down, has two human heads listed for sale in an ongoing auction: the 3,000-year-old Egyptian head and a Dayak tribal trophy skull from Borneo, Indonesia.
From BBC ● Jun. 26, 2026
The Dayak peoples are indigenous to the Indonesian part of Borneo, known as Kalimantan.
From National Geographic ● Jan. 25, 2024
The same is true of the Dayak fruit bat, which can only be found in southeast Asia's Sunda Shelf.
From Salon ● May 28, 2022
His family has lived deep in the rainforest for eight generations, and the 62-year-old has been involved in multiple legal actions as the secretary general of the Sarawak Dayak Iban Association, an Indigenous rights group.
From Seattle Times ● Nov. 8, 2021
The sound inspires the Dayak with courage and fire.
From Through Central Borneo; an Account of Two Years' Travel in the Land of Head-Hunters Between the Years 1913 and 1917 by Carl Lumholtz
Back then, the Dayaks allied themselves with the Malays, a Muslim ethnic group, suggesting that the conflict was not about religion.
From Economist ● Jul. 20, 2017
It is not just Dayaks who are anxious.
From Economist ● Jul. 20, 2017
While drones may not be a cure-all for the ancient problem of land rights, the Dayaks have proved that they can certainly help level the playing field.
From Slate ● Jun. 2, 2015
But the Setulang Dayaks were no pushovers: Over the years, they had developed a reputation for defending their land against illegal use, even confiscating the keys to logging equipment in one 2002 incident.
From Slate ● Jun. 2, 2015
Milk and jam tins are especially in demand, and after they have been thrown away the Dayaks invariably ask if they may have them.
From Through Central Borneo; an Account of Two Years' Travel in the Land of Head-Hunters Between the Years 1913 and 1917 by Carl Lumholtz
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