Sinhalese

[ sin-huh-leez, -lees ]

adjective

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

noun

, plural Sin·ha·lese

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.

Sinhalese

/ ˌsɪnhəˈliːz /

noun

1. -leses-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

Example Sentences

Prabhakaran had come to personify the movement, and his end, so wretched, became the emblem of Tamil defeat and Sinhalese triumph.

From The Daily Beast

“Our country is a Sinhalese one and we are its unofficial police,” one monk announced.

From The Daily Beast

There are many Sinhalese Buddhists who are mortified by the turn their country has taken under the Rajapaksas.

From The Daily Beast

The Hindus stood round the tiger, and the Sinhalese traced mysterious signs on its forehead.

From Project Gutenberg

Parker notes that in another Sinhalese form of this story both persons institute law-suits.

From Project Gutenberg

The Sinhalese introduced from the mainland a comparatively high type of civilization, notably agriculture.

From Project Gutenberg

Some of these are on a small scale; but altogether several thousands of Sinhalese find a precarious existence in digging for gems.

From Project Gutenberg

For thirty years from this date the Sinhalese kings of Ceylon were tributary to China.

From Project Gutenberg