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

Others were later secured from Pangasinan, Gaddang, Pampangan, Bisayan and Tagal sources.

From A Little Book of Filipino Riddles by Starr, Frederick

The father provincial established religious in the island of Panay, which, as it was of the Bisayan language, he was not willing to abandon.

From The Philippine Islands, 1493-1898 — Volume 23 of 55 1629-30 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

He summoned all his Bisayan and Moro allies in order to build a fort, which he has built up the river, from palm-trees four brazas high.

From The Philippine Islands, 1493-1803 — Volume 04 of 55 1576-1582 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 Beginning of the Nineteenth Century by Robertson, James Alexander

It is as favorably situated with regard to the eatern portion of the Bisayan group as Iloilo is for the western, and is acquiring increased importance as the emporium for its products.

From The Former Philippines thru Foreign Eyes by Craig, Austin

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