Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
- n. A variant of Sinhalese.
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- proper n. Alternative spelling of Sinhalese.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
- Same as cingalese.
from The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- n. See Cingalese.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adj. of or relating to the Sinhalese languages
- n. a native or inhabitant of Sri Lanka
- adj. of or relating to the Sinhalese people
- n. the Indic language spoken by the people of Sri Lanka
Etymologies
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Examples
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The people are called Singhalese, but more generally
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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.
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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.
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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
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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
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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
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The flying island that is the background of that meeting owes a little to Swift, more to Rene Magritte, and most of all to the Singhalese king Kassapa I (circa 473-491 A.D.)
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Many Tamil officials in the administration had to resign because of their unawareness to the Singhalese language.
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‘Sinhala only’ act also caused a stir in the nation for implementing Singhalese as national and official language of the country.
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The death of LTTE is not the solution to bring peace among the Singhalese and Tamilians.
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