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

The population among the Bisayan islands was quite surprisingly small, considering its present proportions.

From A History of the Philippines by Barrows, David P.

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

The Spanish expeditions found many coasts and islands in the Bisayan group without inhabitants.

From A History of the Philippines by Barrows, David P.

The most general are the Tagál and Bisayan.

From The Philippine Islands, 1493-1898, Volume 29 of 55 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 Various

Iloilo is the most important of the newly opened ports, being the central point of the Bisayan group, and situated in one of the most thickly populated and industrious provinces.

From The Former Philippines thru Foreign Eyes by Craig, Austin