Bisayan

American  

[bih-sahy-uhn] / bɪˈsaɪ ən /

noun

plural

Bisayans,

plural

Bisayan

1. Visayan.

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Bisayan British  

/ bɪˈsɑːjən /

noun

1. a variant of Visayan

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Example Sentences

The most general are the Tagál and Bisayan.

From The Philippine Islands, 1493-1898, Volume 29 of 55 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 Various

The population among the Bisayan islands was quite surprisingly small, considering its present proportions.

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

I find in a Bisayan dictionary that this substance is employed by the people of the Philippine Islands for staining their teeth red.

From The History of Sumatra Containing An Account Of The Government, Laws, Customs And Manners Of The Native Inhabitants by Marsden, William

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

From The Philippine Islands, 1493-1898 — Volume 28 of 55 1637-38 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 Blair, Emma Helen

But they almost universally talk the Bisayan, which is common and peculiar to Zibù, the head of the other provinces called Pintados.

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