Cebuan
noun
Ce·bu·an
\-üən\
variants: less commonly
Cebuano
\sābˈwä(ˌ)nō\Definition of Cebuan
Cebuan
orCebuans
1a : a Bisayan people inhabiting Cebu b : a member of such people
2 : the Austronesian language of the Cebuans —called also Sugbuhanon
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Origin and Etymology of cebuan
Spanish cebuano, from Cebú, island & province of the Philippines + Spanish -ano -an
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