Sinhalese

[ sin-huh-leez, -lees ]

adjective
  1. of or relating to Sri Lanka, its native people, or their language.

noun,plural Sin·ha·lese for 2.
  1. a member of the Sinhalese people.

  2. an Indic language that is the language of the majority of the population of Sri Lanka, including Colombo.

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Sinhalese

Singhalese or Sinhala

/ (ˌsɪnhəˈliːz) /


noun
  1. plural -leses or -lese a member of a people living chiefly in Sri Lanka, where they constitute the majority of the population

  2. 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

adjective
  1. of or relating to this people or their language

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