noun
a member of the most numerous indigenous people of the Philippines
• Syn: ↑Bisayan
• Hypernyms: ↑Filipino
• Hyponyms: ↑Cebuan
• Member Holonyms: ↑Philippines, ↑Republic of the Philippines
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\\və̇ˈsī(y)ən\Usage: usually capitalized
variant of bisayan
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/vi suy"euhn/, n., pl. Visayans, (esp. collectively) Visayan.
1. one of a Malay people, the most numerous native race of the Philippines.
2. the language of this people, an Indonesian language of the Austronesian family.
Also, Bisayan.
Useful english dictionary. 2012.