Samal

noun

Sa·​mal

səˈmäl

plural Samal or Samals

1

a

: a Moro people inhabiting southwestern Mindanao and the Sulu archipelago

b

: a member of such people

2

: the Austronesian language of the Samal people

Word History

Etymology

Bisayan

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