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Visayas
The Visayas or the Visayan Islands〔"Visayan Islands" Merriam-Webster Dictionary. http://www.merriam-webster.com/concise/visayan%20islands〕 (Visayan: ''Kabisay-an''; Tagalog: ''Kabisayaan''), is one of the three principal geographical divisions of the Philippines, along with Mindanao and Luzon. It consists of several islands, primarily surrounding the Visayan Sea, although the Visayas are considered the northeast extremity of the entire Sulu Sea.〔C.Michael Hogan. 2011. ''Sulu Sea''. Encyclopedia of Earth. Eds. P.Saundry & C.J.Cleveland. Washington DC〕 Its inhabitants are predominantly the Visayans.
The major islands of the Visayas are Panay, Negros, Cebu, Bohol, Leyte, and Samar. The region may also include the islands of Romblon and Masbate, whose population identify as Visayan.
There are four administrative regions in the Visayas: Western Visayas (4.7 million), Negros Island Region (3.6 million), Central Visayas (pop. 6.8 million), and Eastern Visayas (4.1 million).
==Etymology==
A theory proposed by some scholars〔Jovito S. Abellana, "Bisaya Patronymesis Sri Visjaya" (Ms., Cebuano Studies Center, ca. 1960)〕 states that the term ''Visayas'' was derived from the name of a 7th-century thalassocratic Malay Srivijaya Empire. In Sanskrit, ''sri'' (श्री) means "fortunate," "prosperous," or "happy" and ''vijaya'' (विजय) means "victorious" or "excellence". In the 12th century, parts of the Sulu Archipelago and the Visayas Islands were either subject or tributaries of the empire.〔Rasul, Jainal D. (2003). Agonies and Dreams: The Filipino Muslims and Other Minorities. Quezon City: CARE Minorities. pp. 77.〕
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