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Visayan

noun
Vi·sa·yan | \və-ˈsī-ən \
variants: or less commonly \bə-ˈsī-ən \

Definition of Visayan 

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

2 : the group of Austronesian languages of the Bisayans

First Known Use of Visayan

1951, in the meaning defined at sense 1

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