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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- An island group of the central Philippines in and around the Visayan Sea between Luzon and Mindanao.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun group of islands in the central Philippines
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The Visayan Islands are inhabited by the Visayas, the most numerous tribe of the Philippines.
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 12: Philip II-Reuss 1840-1916 1913
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Governor of the Moluccas appeared off Cebu to drive the Spaniards out of the Visayan Islands.
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One of the Jesuits in Manila, Gregorio Lopez, writes to the king (December 10, 1603) to ask for reënforcements to be sent to the islands, in order that the Mindanao pirates may be driven back; they are raiding the Visayan Islands, and endangering the existence of the
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At the request of the bishop of Cebú, the discalced Augustinians extend their work -- a reënforcement of missionaries having arrived from Spain -- to the Visayan Islands and to Mindanao (1622); some account of their successes in the latter region is given.
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With a bustling port and airport, Cebu is a major trading, tourist and logistics hub for the country's central zone - the Visayan Islands.
My Sinchew - phuijee 2010
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With a bustling port and airport, Cebu is a major trading, tourist and logistics hub for the country's central zone - the Visayan Islands.
My Sinchew - phuijee 2010
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The major islands are Luzon in the north, the Visayan Islands in the middle, and Mindanao in the south.
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