Sikkimese
noun
a native or inhabitant of Sikkim.
Sikkimese
American
[sik-uh-meez, -mees]
/ ˌsɪk əˈmiz, -ˈmis /
noun
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Sikkimese
plural
adjective
sikkimese
British
/ ˌsɪkɪˈmiːz /
adjective
noun
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Origin of Sikkimese
Example Sentences
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She was taking her boy to see her American aunt, she said, in keeping with an old Sikkimese custom of "visiting the wife's relations with the first-born as soon as possible."
From Time Magazine Archive
Evenings are usually filled with official functions, or private parties, and the royal family has a wide circle of Sikkimese friends.
From Time Magazine Archive
For a while the Sikkimese tried to run their own show.
From Time Magazine Archive
After drinking tea laced with yak butter, a red-robed Buddhist lama in a flame-shaped hat invoked the blessings of the snow lions and billions of other Sikkimese deities.
From Time Magazine Archive
It must have been an enterprising bagman who first went round Sikkim and persuaded the Sikkimese ladies that black velveteen was the match par excellence for their complexions.
From To Lhassa at Last by Powell Millington
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