Proper noun
Visayas pl (plural only)
An island group of the Philippines.
We should try to make seamless the transport of agricultural products from Mindanao to the Visayas and NCR; from the Cordilleras and the Cagayan Valley to Manila. From farms to bagsakans or markets or seaports. Francis Escudero
At least one-third of the population of Luzon as well as a few old settlements in the Visayas and Zamboanga City at Mindanao, have partial Hispanic ancestry (from varying points of origin and ranging from Latin America to Spain). Source: Internet
Both Luzon and Visayas, at first, were more akin to tribal movements until the Spanish came. Source: Internet
By the 16th century, Islam had spread to other parts of the Visayas and Luzon. Source: Internet
It is also the name of one of the three island groups in the country (the other two being Luzon and the Visayas ), consisting of the island of Mindanao and smaller outlying islands. Source: Internet
In comparison, 29 percent each in Mindanao and the Visayas, and 26 percent in Balance Luzon, consider it to be probably right. Source: Internet