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Bisayan

American  
[bih-sahy-uhn] / bɪˈsaɪ ən /

noun

plural

Bisayans,

plural

Bisayan
  1. Visayan.


Bisayan British  
/ bɪˈsɑːjən /

noun

  1. a variant of Visayan

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The Tagáls wore black as a sign of mourning; the Bisayans wore white, and shaved the head and eyebrows.

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The expedition charted the Strait of San Bernardino, the coasts of several of the Bisayan Islands, and Mindanao.

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He was versed in the various dialects of the Bisayan Islands.

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Up to date about two hundred Bisayan Indians have died, most of them from diseases.

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In Tagalog and Bisayan the letter “n” is dropped and the word is pronounced “be-lat′-ic.”

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