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Singhalese

American  
[sing-guh-leez, -lees] / ˌsɪŋ gəˈliz, -ˈlis /

adjective

  • Singhalese
    plural
  1. Sinhalese.


Singhalese British  
/ ˌsɪŋəˈliːz /

noun

  1. a variant spelling of Sinhalese

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Scholarly Catholic missionaries are collaborating with Protestant ministers in translating the Bible into Singhalese, Indonesian, Swahili, Zulu and Japanese.

From Time Magazine Archive

Even the Palestinian or Singhalese grandparents may be eased out of longtime prejudices.

From Time Magazine Archive

Outside was the dark and curving Soho alley, with the foggy lights of a Singhalese restaurant, a French bookshop, a wig-maker's, an oyster bar.

From Time Magazine Archive

Singhalese call Pali, Mungata; the Burmese, Magadabâsâ.136.Works, vol. iii. p. 72.137.M.

From Lectures on The Science of Language by Max Müller

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

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