Visayan

noun

Vi·​sa·​yan və-ˈsī-ən 

variants or less commonly Bisayan

bə-ˈsī-ən 

1

: a member of any of several peoples in the Visayan Islands, Philippines

2

: the group of Austronesian languages of the Bisayans

Word History

First Known Use

1951, in the meaning defined at sense 1