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Singhalese

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

adjective

plural

Singhalese
  1. Sinhalese.


Singhalese British  
/ ˌsɪŋəˈliːz /

noun

  1. a variant spelling of Sinhalese

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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

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

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 name Galle means, in Singhalese, "a rock."

From The Pearl of India by Ballou, Maturin Murray

The subjects dealt with were catholic and included cocoanut-planting, Mendelism, flying, submarines, Singhalese history, Greek coins, Egyptian irrigation, and a host of other matters.

From A Prisoner in Turkey by Still, John