Dayak

[ dahy-ak, -uhk ]

noun,plural Day·aks, (especially collectively) Day·ak.
  1. a member of any of several Indigenous, Austronesian-speaking tribal peoples of Sarawak and Indonesian Borneo.

Origin of Dayak

1
First recorded in 1830–40
  • Also Dy·ak .

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British Dictionary definitions for Dayak

Dayak

/ (ˈdaɪæk) /


nounplural -aks or -ak
  1. a variant spelling of Dyak

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