visayan | (n) a member of the most numerous indigenous people of the Philippines, Syn. Bisayan |
visayan islands | (n) group of islands in the central Philippines, Syn. Bisayas |
Visayan | n. [ Cf. Sp. Bisayo a Visayan. ] A member of the most numerous of the native races of the Philippines, occupying the Visayan Islands and the northern coast Mindanao; also, their language. The Visayans possessed a native culture and alphabet. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ] |