Visayan Islands

plural noun

1. a group of islands in the central Philippines, including Panay, Negros, Cebú, Bohol, Leyte, Samar, Masbate, and smaller islands.

Visayan Islands

plural noun

1. a group of seven large and several hundred small islands in the central Philippines. Chief islands: Negros and Panay. Pop: 15 528 346 (2000). Area: about 61 000 sq km (23 535 sq miles) Spanish nameBisayas

Example Sentences

The Visayan Islands were in course of time duly organized, as Luzon had previously been, departmentally and by military districts.

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The most important of the Visayan Islands had been conquered.

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Blount states that conditions existed “just like this, all over Luzon and the Visayan Islands.”

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