Bisayan

American  

[bih-sahy-uhn] / bɪˈsaɪ ən /

noun

Bisayans, plural Bisayan plural

1. Visayan.

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Bisayan British  

/ bɪˈsɑːjən /

noun

1. a variant of Visayan

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Other Word Forms

Noun Inflected Forms

• Bisayan
  plural
• Bisayans
  plural

Example Sentences

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Bisayan Bisayans

On reaching the Philippines he was assigned to the Bisayan group, and was known to those natives by the name of “the apostle of Panay.”

From The Philippine Islands, 1493-1898 — Volume 23 of 55 1629-30 Explorations by early navigators, descriptions of the islands and their peoples, their history and records of the catholic missions, as related in contemporaneous books and manuscripts, showing the political, economic, commercial and religious conditions of those islands from their earliest relations with European nations to the close of the nineteenth century. by Robertson, James Alexander

The Spanish expeditions found many coasts and islands in the Bisayan group without inhabitants.

From A History of the Philippines by Barrows, David P.

P. Bohol Bisayan 187,327 26             C. Burias Bicol 1,786 1 G a3.

From The Former Philippines thru Foreign Eyes by Craig, Austin

It is as favorably situated with regard to the eatern portion of the Bisayan group as Iloilo is for the western, and is acquiring increased importance as the emporium for its products.

From The Former Philippines thru Foreign Eyes by Craig, Austin

He understood the Bisayan language very well, and consequently learned the one peculiar to that island in a short time.

From The Philippine Islands, 1493-1898 — Volume 21 of 55 1624 Explorations by early navigators, descriptions of the islands and their peoples, their history and records of the catholic missions, as related in contemporaneous books and manuscripts, showing the political, economic, commercial and religious conditions of those islands from their earliest relations with European nations to the close of the nineteenth century. by Robertson, James Alexander

Corcuera himself accompanied the expedition, and at Zamboanga, where they arrived February 22, 1637, he united a force of 760 Spaniards and many Bisayans and Pampangas.

From A History of the Philippines by Barrows, David P.

From this stock we may also derive the Malays of Sumatra and Java, of Borneo and Celebes, and the Tagals and Bisayans of the Philippine Islands.

From The Doctrine of Evolution Its Basis and Its Scope by Crampton, Henry Edward

External appearance is more strictly regarded among the Bisayans than by the Bicols and Tagalogs.

From The Former Philippines thru Foreign Eyes by Craig, Austin

He had professed the four vows, and was dear alike to Spaniards and to Bisayans.

From The Philippine Islands, 1493-1898 — Volume 17 of 55 1609-1616 Explorations by Early Navigators, Descriptions of the Islands and Their Peoples, Their History and Records of the Catholic Missions, as Related in Contemporaneous Books and Manuscripts, Showing the Political, Economic, Commercial and Religious Conditions of Those Islands from Their Earliest Relations with European Nations to the Close of the Nineteenth Century by Robertson, James Alexander

Fray Juan de Medina, of Sevilla, missionary to the Bisayans.

From The Philippine Islands, 1493-1898 — Volume 24 of 55 1630-34 Explorations by Early Navigators, Descriptions of the Islands and Their Peoples, Their History and Records of the Catholic Missions, As Related in Contemporaneous Books and Manuscripts, Showing the Political, Economic, Commercial and Religious Conditions of Those Islands from Their Earliest Relations with European Nations to the Close of the Nineteenth Century by Robertson, James Alexander