Cebuan

noun

Ce·​bu·​an

-üən

variants or less commonly Cebuano

sābˈwä(ˌ)nō

plural Cebuan or Cebuans

1

a

: a Bisayan people inhabiting Cebu

b

: a member of such people

2

: the Austronesian language of the Cebuans

called also Sugbuhanon

Word History

Etymology

Spanish cebuano, from Cebú, island & province of the Philippines + Spanish -ano -an

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