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

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

Derived forms: Sinhaleses

Type of: Asian, Asiatic, Sanskrit, Sanskritic language

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

Encyclopedia: Sinhalese