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Sikkimese

American

[sik-uh-meez, -mees] / ˌsɪk əˈmiz, -ˈmis /

noun

plural

Sikkimese

a native or inhabitant of Sikkim.

adjective

of or relating to Sikkim or its people.

sikkimese British

/ ˌsɪkɪˈmiːz /

adjective

of or relating to Sikkim or its inhabitants

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

noun

a native or inhabitant of Sikkim

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Etymology

Origin of Sikkimese

Sikkim + -ese

Example Sentences

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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

"Bhutanese, Sikkimese and Ladakhis form a united family in Tibet." said he.

From Time Magazine Archive

When a pigtailed Sikkimese girl asked for her autograph, the new crown princess signed without a moment's hesitation: "Hope Namgyal."

From Time Magazine Archive

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

The Deb Zimpun's flowing red robe, the head clerk in his flowered black silk Chinese garb, the Sikkimese soldiers in their bright garments and the Bhutanese in their kimonos, made a blaze of varied hues.

From Life in an Indian Outpost by Casserly, Gordon

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