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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

"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

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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

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

From Time Magazine Archive

The Singhalese language, which is soft and flowing, is founded on the Sanskrit, an evidence in itself of the antiquity of the people.

From The Pearl of India by Ballou, Maturin Murray

The Church Missionary Society have also a press amongst the Tamils; the Wesleyans established theirs in the Singhalese districts, and the Baptists have one at work in Kandy.

From The International Monthly, Volume 3, No. 3, June, 1851 by Various

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