Definition of Cebuan

1. Noun. Inhabitant of the island of Cebu; a member of the Visayan people of the Philippines.

Group relationships: Cebu
Generic synonyms: Bisayan, Visayan

2. Noun. Language of the people of Cebu in the Philippines; its lexicon contributes to the official language of the Philippines.
Exact synonyms: Cebuano
Generic synonyms: Filipino, Philippine

Lexicographical Neighbors of Cebuan

Cayugas
Cayuse
Caz
Cazenave's vitiligo
Cb
Cbz
Cdn.
Cds1 kinase
Ce
CePAK kinase
Ceará
Cebu
Cebu City
Cebu maguey
Cebuan
Cebuano
Cebuella
Cebuella pygmaea
Cebus
Cebus capucinus
Cecelia
Cecidomyidae
Cecie
Cecil
Cecil B. DeMille
Cecil Blount DeMille
Cecil Frank Powell
Cecil J. Rhodes
Cecil John Rhodes

Literary usage of Cebuan

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Journal of the American Oriental Society by American Oriental Society (1907)
"In Sulu final it of the unit is contracted with the a of the suffix and the intervocalic I is elided. ' Sixty' in cebuan and ..."

2. The Pepet Law in Philippine Languages by Carlos Everett Conant (1913)
"(cebuan.) CONANT CE A Bisaya-English Dictionary (MS) prepared at Cebú, P. L, ... (The standard work for the cebuan dialect. It also contains many words from ..."

3. Bulletin by Philippines Mining Bureau (1902)
"... but the absence in the region of Benguet of the cebuan lignitic series and the character of the organic remains appear to indicate that this portion of ..."

4. Baptist Missionary Magazine by American Baptist Foreign Mission Society (1908)
"Eric Lund has produced translations and other publications in Spanish, Visayan and cebuan which are accepted as standards. To him may be given the credit of ..."

5. Missionary Review of the World (1898)
"... by about 2000000 people, cebuan by some 400.000, Tagalog by 1300000, Vicol (a dialect of the latter) by 325000, Ilocano by 350000, Pangasinan by 300000, ..."

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