Sinhalese
Americanadjective
noun
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a member of the Sinhalese people.
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an Indic language that is the language of the majority of the population of Sri Lanka, including Colombo.
noun
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a member of a people living chiefly in Sri Lanka, where they constitute the majority of the population
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the language of this people, belonging to the Indic branch of the Indo-European family: the official language of Sri Lanka. It is written in a script of Indian origin
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Example Sentences
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The barrel is decorated with the symbols of the King of Kandy: a sun, a half-moon and a Sinhalese lion.
From Washington Times ● Jul. 6, 2023
Beginning on 9 April, daily demonstrations quickly grew into "GotaGoGama" - a word that combines the Sinhalese word for "village" with protesters' demand for Mr Rajapaksa to step down as president.
From BBC ● Jan. 8, 2023
And so, at the end of his acceptance speech, he felt “it was important” to say a few words in both Sinhalese and Tamil.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 21, 2022
As a military strategist whose brutal campaign helped end the country’s 26-year civil war, Rajapaksa and his brother, who was president at the time, were once hailed by the island’s Buddhist Sinhalese majority.
From Seattle Times ● Jul. 15, 2022
Tensions between the Sinhalese majority and Tamil separatists erupted in violence in the mid-1980s.
From The 2003 CIA World Factbook by United States. Central Intelligence Agency
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