Bisayas
Britishplural noun
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No part of the Bisayas escaped ravaging in this year, while the Camarines, Batangas, and Albay suffered equally with the rest.
From A History of the Philippines by Barrows, David P.
Their missions in Bohol and northern Mindanao made them ambitious to reserve for the ministrations of their society all lands that were conquered and occupied, south of the Bisayas.
From A History of the Philippines by Barrows, David P.
Other regiments were sent to the Bisayas and to northern Luzon, until every portion of the archipelago, except the islands of Mindoro and Palawan, contained large forces of American troops.
From A History of the Philippines by Barrows, David P.
Following this victory, in the year 1599, the Moros of Jolo and Maguindanao equipped a piratical fleet of fifty caracoas, and swept the coasts of the Bisayas.
From A History of the Philippines by Barrows, David P.
Bisayas, the, 221 Bisharin, the, 483 sq., and Pl.
From Man, Past and Present by Haddon, Alfred Court
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