单词 | cingalese |
释义 | Cingaleseadj.n. (a) adj. Of Ceylon. (b) n. A native of Ceylon; the language of Ceylon. ΘΚΠ the world > people > nations > native or inhabitant of Asia > native or inhabitant of Sri Lanka > [noun] Cingalese1613 Kaffir1704 Ceylonese1726 Sinhalese1801 burgher1807 Kandyan1849 Sri Lankan1973 1613 S. Purchas Pilgrimage I. v. xvii. 460 The Singales or Native Inhabitants. 1613 S. Purchas Pilgrimage I. v. xvii. 460 The Cingalas are very cunning Artificers in all mettalls. 1704 tr. P. Baldæus Descr. Ceylon in A. Churchill & J. Churchill Coll. Voy. III. 698/2 Two Cingaleses..hid themselves. 1868 G. B. Malleson Hist. Fr. in India i. 27 Some native Cingalese in Dutch pay. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1889; most recently modified version published online December 2020). < adj.n.1613 |
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