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单词 cingalese
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Cingaleseadj.n.

/sɪŋɡəliːz/
Forms: 1600s Cingala, Singale, 1700s Cinglass.
Etymology: < Sanskrit Siṅhalam Ceylon, siṅhalās people of Ceylon; in Tamil çiṅgaḷa ; see Sinhalese n. and adj.
(a) adj. Of Ceylon. (b) n. A native of Ceylon; the language of Ceylon.
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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).
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