Bisayas

/ biˈsajas /

plural noun

1. the Spanish name for the Visayan Islands

Example Sentences

There is no question that the Bisayas would have been lost on this occasion, had not a stop been put to these atrocities in due time.

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The soldiers remained with the commander Don Pedro de Almonte, in order to make an expedition in Mindanao, together with other squadrons of ships that have sailed from Caragan and Bisayas.

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Magellan’s death, the natives of Cebu rose and killed the newly elected leader, Serrano, and the fleet in fear lifted its anchors and sailed southward from the Bisayas.

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Large quantities of rice are exported to Manila, to Albay, and to Bisayas.

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They are more barbarous and savage than the Bisayas and other Filipinos, for they do not, like them, have houses and fixed settlements.

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