Etymology

Visayas

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Today it means: An island group of the Philippines. Full definition →

Spanish Visayas ← Cebuano Bisaya
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The story

  1. Cebuano · derived fromBisaya
  2. Spanish · borrowed fromVisayas
  3. English todayVisayas

Borrowed from Spanish Visayas, plural form of bisaya, from Cebuano Bisaya.

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