- 1[countable] a member of a race of people living in Sri Lanka
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- 2[uncountable] the language of the Sinhalese
Sinhalese
nounNAmE//ˌsɪnhəˈliz//, NAmE//ˌsɪnəˈliz//, NAmE//ˌsɪnhəˈlis//, NAmE//ˌsɪnəˈlis//
(pl. Sinhalese)See Sinhalese in the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary
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