Visayan Islands

plural noun

1. a group of islands in the central Philippines, including Panay, Negros, Cebú, Bohol, Leyte, Samar, Masbate, and smaller islands.

Visayan Islands

plural noun

1. Spanish name: Bisayas. a group of seven large and several hundred small islands in the central Philippines. Chief islands: Negros and Panay. Pop: 15 528 346 (2000). Area: about 61 000 sq km (23 535 sq miles)

Example Sentences

And by backpacking I mean hitchhiking, motorcycles, and dirt roads from Manila traffic to the Visayan Islands to learn about the food.

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By the end of December, all the Spanish garrisons in the Visayan Islands had surrendered to the insurgents.

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After preaching with great clearness and force in Manila which had been the scene of his excesses, he was sent as missionary to the Visayan Islands, where he worked faithfully and well.

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He was a missionary in Mindanao and the Visayan Islands, and rector of Carigara and Cebú.

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In 1653 he entered the Philippine missions, and labored in the Visayan Islands.

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