Sinhalese Definition

sĭnhə-lēz, -lēs
singhalese
noun
A member of the principal people of Sri Lanka.
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The Indo-Aryan language of this people.
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adjective
Of Sri Lanka or its principal people, language, or culture.
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Origin of Sinhalese

  • Sanskrit Siṁhalam Sri Lanka –ese

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

Sinhalese Sentence Examples

  • At the height of the coffee-growing enterprise 20,000 men, women and children, chiefly Sinhalese and Tamils, found employment in the large factories and stores of the merchants scattered over the town, where the coffee Was cleaned, prepared, sorted and packed for shipment.

  • There were 3,509 Chinese, while the remaining 108,847 included persons of European, African or mixed descent, Malagasy, Malays and Sinhalese.

  • They dwell in caves or bark huts, and their word for house is Sinhalese for a hollow tree, rukula.

  • They are monogamous, and their conjugal fidelity contrasts strongly with the vicious habits of the Sinhalese.

  • The mark of the hare in the moon has struck the imagination of Germans, Mexicans, Hottentots, Sinhalese, and produced myths among all these races.'

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Words Starting With

SSISIN

Words Ending With

ESEESE

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Sinhalese

Words Starting With S and Ending With E

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