Dayak
Americannoun
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Dayaks,
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Dayak
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noun
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Etymology
Origin of Dayak
First recorded in 1830–40
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Another item on sale is a Dayak tribal trophy skull from Borneo, Indonesia.
From BBC ● Jun. 26, 2026
The Dayak peoples are indigenous to the Indonesian part of Borneo, known as Kalimantan.
From National Geographic ● Jan. 25, 2024
The same is true of the Dayak fruit bat, which can only be found in southeast Asia's Sunda Shelf.
From Salon ● May 28, 2022
His family has lived deep in the rainforest for eight generations, and the 62-year-old has been involved in multiple legal actions as the secretary general of the Sarawak Dayak Iban Association, an Indigenous rights group.
From Seattle Times ● Nov. 8, 2021
The Land Dayak have doubtless been crossed with Indo-Javans.
From Man, Past and Present by Alfred Court Haddon
It is not just Dayaks who are anxious.
From Economist ● Jul. 20, 2017
Back then, the Dayaks allied themselves with the Malays, a Muslim ethnic group, suggesting that the conflict was not about religion.
From Economist ● Jul. 20, 2017
But the Setulang Dayaks were no pushovers: Over the years, they had developed a reputation for defending their land against illegal use, even confiscating the keys to logging equipment in one 2002 incident.
From Slate ● Jun. 2, 2015
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From Slate ● Jun. 2, 2015
DYAKS, or Dayaks, the name given to the wild tribes found in Borneo by the Malays on their first settlement there.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 8, Slice 8 "Dubner" to "Dyeing" by Various
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