bə̇ˈsī(y)ən noun
also bi·sa·ya -(y)ə
( plural bisayan or bisayans also bisaya or bisayas )
Usage: usually capitalized
Etymology: Bisayan from Bisayan Bisayâ + English -an; Bisaya from Bisayan Bisayâ
1.
a. : any of several Christianized peoples in the Visayan islands, Philippines
b. : a member of any of such peoples
2. : the Austronesian language of the Bisayan peoples ; collectively : the Bisayan languages — see aklan , cebuan , hantik , hiligaynon , samar-leyte