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Sinhalese definition

Sin·ha·lese (sin′hə lēz′, sin′ə-; -lēs′)

adjective

of Sri Lanka or its principal people, language, or culture

Etymology: < Sans Siṅhala, Sri Lanka + -ese

noun

  1. pl. Sinhalese -·lese′ a member of the principal people of Sri Lanka
  2. the Indo-Aryan language of this people

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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