Singhalese

How to use Singhalese in a sentence

• This creates a variety; the Kandyans being somewhat ruder than the other Singhalese.

  The Ethnology of the British Colonies and Dependencies | Robert Gordon Latham

• The principal thing for this country, and for the Singhalese, is the worship of the planets.

  The Ethnology of the British Colonies and Dependencies | Robert Gordon Latham

• The Singhalese are Buddhists, and yet cruelty to animals is one of the marks of modern Ceylon.

  Beast and Man in India | John Lockwood Kipling

• The leaves alone are converted by the Singhalese to purposes of utility.

  Ceylon; an Account of the Island Physical, Historical, and Topographical with Notices of Its Natural History, Antiquities and Productions, Volume 1 (of 2) | James Emerson Tennent

• The Singhalese name "Nirwana" is also derived from newanawa, to extinguish.

  Ceylon; an Account of the Island Physical, Historical, and Topographical with Notices of Its Natural History, Antiquities and Productions, Volume 1 (of 2) | James Emerson Tennent