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Dayak

noun Day·ak \ ˈdī-ˌak \
variants: or less commonly

Definition of Dayak

plural Dayaks or Dayak also Dyaks or Dyak
: a member of any of several Indonesian peoples of the interior of Borneo

Origin and Etymology of dayak

Malay, literally, up-country

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