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1. A native or inhabitant of Sri Lanka
   - Sinhalese
    
2. The Indic language spoken by the people of Sri Lanka
   - Sinhalese, Sinhala

1. Of or relating to the Sinhalese languages
   "the Singhalese versions of the Ramayana"
   - Sinhala, Sinhalese
    
2. Of or relating to the Sinhalese people
   "Singhalese rebels fighting the Tamils"
   - Sinhalese

Derived forms: Singhaleses

Type of: Asian, Asiatic, Sanskrit, Sanskritic language

Part of: Ceylon [archaic], Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka, Sri Lanka

Encyclopedia: Singhalese