noun
also mar·a·naw |marə|nau̇
( plural maranao or maranaos also maranaw or maranaws )
Usage: usually capitalized
Etymology: Spanish, from Maranao Maranáw, from ranaw lake
1.
a. : a Moro people inhabiting the area around Lake Laneo and certain parts of central Cotabato province, Mindanao, Philippines, and northern Borneo
b. : a member of such people
2. : the Austronesian language of the Maranao people