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Cingalese
[ sing-guh-leez, -lees ]
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She knew Colonel Markin by reputation—he had done a great work among the Cingalese.
Then followed a heated colloquy, the former, like a Cingalese vendor, having previously made up his mind.
Reading and writing are as common among the Cingalese as in England, except that in Ceylon the women take no part therein.
The dress of the Cingalese usually consists of a cloth wound turban-fashion round their head, and long white drapery.
The religion of the Cingalese is Buddhism, which in Ceylon still flourishes in these times in all its pristine vigour.
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