Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun See
Cingalese .
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- (Ethnol.) Same as
cingalese .
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- proper noun Alternative spelling of
Sinhalese .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective of or relating to the Sinhalese languages
- noun a native or inhabitant of Sri Lanka
- adjective of or relating to the Sinhalese people
- noun the Indic language spoken by the people of Sri Lanka
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Examples
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The people are called Singhalese, but more generally
Across India Or, Live Boys in the Far East Oliver Optic 1859
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In this respect the Singhalese are the living mummies of past ages; and realise in their immovable characteristics the Eastern fable of the city whose inhabitants were perpetuated in marble.
Ceylon; an Account of the Island Physical, Historical, and Topographical with Notices of Its Natural History, Antiquities and Productions, Volume 1 (of 2) James Emerson Tennent 1836
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They settled in the main lounge, looking out on the sparkling Indian Ocean while two beautiful Singhalese boys in orange-and-green sarongs served tea.
A Covert Affair Jennet Conant 2011
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They settled in the main lounge, looking out on the sparkling Indian Ocean while two beautiful Singhalese boys in orange-and-green sarongs served tea.
A Covert Affair Jennet Conant 2011
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And she works daily side-by-side with her Singhalese assistant, who "is very easy to love," Hiranthi Siriwardene.
A Wise Investment: From the Haitian Earthquake to Schools in Sri Lanka 2010
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Halfway around the world from Haiti, the 20 million residents of Sri Lanka brace themselves for a what's rumored to be a rigged presidential election Tuesday, in a land torn for 26 years by a civil war whose racial tensions between the Singhalese majority and Tamil minority have not eased.
A Wise Investment: From the Haitian Earthquake to Schools in Sri Lanka 2010
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Herself a Hindu Tamil, she fell in love with and married a Buddhist Singhalese man, their marriage a union of the factions still fighting today.
Suzanne Skees: A Wise Investment: From the Haitian Earthquake to Schools in Sri Lanka 2010
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Herself a Hindu Tamil, she fell in love with and married a Buddhist Singhalese man, their marriage a union of the factions still fighting today.
A Wise Investment: From the Haitian Earthquake to Schools in Sri Lanka 2010
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Halfway around the world from Haiti, the 20 million residents of Sri Lanka brace themselves for a what's rumored to be a rigged presidential election Tuesday, in a land torn for 26 years by a civil war whose racial tensions between the Singhalese majority and Tamil minority have not eased.
Suzanne Skees: A Wise Investment: From the Haitian Earthquake to Schools in Sri Lanka 2010
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And she works daily side-by-side with her Singhalese assistant, who "is very easy to love," Hiranthi Siriwardene.
Suzanne Skees: A Wise Investment: From the Haitian Earthquake to Schools in Sri Lanka 2010
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