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Date: 1700-1800
Language: Sanskrit
Origin: Simhala 'Sri Lanka'

Sinhalese

 noun
     
Related topics: Nationality and Race, Languages
Sin‧ha‧lese plural Sinhalese
1 [countable]SAN someone who belongs to the race of people that forms the largest part of the population in Sri Lanka
2 [uncountable]SLL the language used by the Sinhalese
—Sinhalese adjective
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