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BISAYAN

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

A member of the most numerous indigenous people of the Philippines

Synonyms:

Bisayan; Visayan

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Hypernyms ("Bisayan" is a kind of...):

Filipino (a native or inhabitant of the Philippines)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "Bisayan"):

Cebuan (inhabitant of the island of Cebu; a member of the Visayan people of the Philippines)

Holonyms ("Bisayan" is a member of...):

Philippines; Republic of the Philippines (a republic on the Philippine Islands; achieved independence from the United States in 1946)

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