"Visayas" meaning in English

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Proper name

IPA: /vɪˈsaɪəz/
Etymology: Borrowed from Spanish Visayas, plural form of bisaya, from Cebuano Bisaya. Etymology templates: {{bor+|en|es|Bisayas|Visayas}} Borrowed from Spanish Visayas, {{der|en|ceb|Bisaya}} Cebuano Bisaya Head templates: {{en-proper noun|p}} Visayas pl (plural only)
  1. An island group of the Philippines. Wikipedia link: Visayas Tags: plural, plural-only Categories (place): Islands, Places in the Philippines Translations (island group): بِيسَايَا (bisāyā) (Arabic), Kabisay-an (Cebuano), 南島 [Hokkien] (Chinese), 南岛 (Lâm-tó͘) [Hokkien, archaic] (Chinese), 米沙鄢 (Mǐshāyān) (Chinese Mandarin), 米沙鄢群岛 (Mǐshāyān qúndǎo) (Chinese Mandarin), ヴィサヤ諸島 (Visaya shotō) (Japanese), ビサヤ諸島 (taxonomic: Bisaya shotō) (Japanese), Виса́йские острова́ (Visájskije ostrová) [masculine, plural] (Russian), Bisayas (Spanish), Kabisayaan (Tagalog)
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          "roman": "bisāyā",
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          "word": "بِيسَايَا"
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      "word": "米沙鄢群岛"
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      "sense": "island group",
      "word": "Bisayas"
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      "sense": "island group",
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