Cingalese
Americanadjective
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The strain of voiding dead blood cells, manufacturing new ones and trying to live on a deficient supply is what was killing thousands of Cingalese last week.
From Time Magazine Archive
It was immediately translated into the Cingalese language; and, flattered by the appropriation, Miss Baillie, in 1828, published another tragedy—"The Bride," a story of Ceylon, and dedicated in particular to the Cingalese.
From Harper's New Monthly Magazine, Vol III, No 13, 1851 by Various
Sinhalese, sin′ha-lēz, n. and adj. the same as Cingalese and Singhalese.
From Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 4 of 4: S-Z and supplements) by Various
Eliya is also Cingalese for light; in Welsh, Lleuer and Lleuad, the moon; in Gaelic, Eibhle, anything on fire.
From Fishes, Flowers, and Fire as Elements and Deities in the Phallic Faiths and Worship of the Ancient Religions of Greece, Babylon, by Anonymous
The Cingalese of Ceylon can be traced to India; the Sumatrans to the Malayan Peninsula; the Kurile Islanders to the Peninsula of Sagalín; the Guanches of Teneriffe to the coast of Barbary.
From The Ethnology of the British Islands by Latham, R. G. (Robert Gordon)
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